Senators feud, frustrate each other amidst delay tactics, as battle over legislative agenda escalates

Communication between the Senate group leaders appears disjointed, as Senators have butted heads over timelines and travelling committees.

Independent Senators Group facilitator Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, left, and the government's representative in the Senate, Sen. Peter Harder, centre, have publicly complained that procedural tactics employed by the Conservatives have stopped the Senate from doing its work. Conservative Senate whip Sen. Don Plett told The Hill Times that the other groups in the Senate have forced his hand by wielding their majority in the Chamber too aggressively. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file photograph

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

March 4, 2019

Long-simmering tensions in the Senate came to a head over the past two weeks, as Conservative Senators blocked debate in the Chamber for hours over two days out of frustration with the Independent Senators Group and government representative in the Senate on several fr...

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