Senators strike deal to schedule third-reading vote on 10 bills, controversial environmental assessment, tanker ban bills left out

All four Senate leaders met April 4 to strike a deal, after the government's representative in the Senate withdrew an unprecedented and controversial time allocation motion.

Senator Peter Harder is the government's representative in the Senate. He struck a deal with the other Senate leaders to set timelines for the passage of most of the bills now in the Senate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 5, 2019

Senate leaders agreed April 4 on firm dates for the third-reading vote on 10 government bills currently in the Upper Chamber, including several key government bills, but not the two that have drawn the staunchest opposition from the Conservatives, C-69 and C-48. The deal sets dates for the progress...

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