Senators agree on timetable for 10 bills, but not C-69, while House readies for budget bill

Senators struck a deal late last week after the government’s representative in the Chamber withdrew a controversial and unprecedented motion to impose deadlines for 11 bills in the Senate.

The leaders of the four factions in the Senate worked out a deal late last week to schedule the progression of numerous government bills through the Senate before the summer break. Independent Senators Group Leader Yuen Pau Woo, left, Senate Liberal Leader Joseph Day, Conservative Senate Leader Larry Smith, and the government's representative in the Senate, Peter Harder. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Steve Gerecke, file photos

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 8, 2019

The government secured a deal last week that could make life in the Senate more predictable—for now—after leaders from all four groups in the Chamber signed off on dates for the third reading vote on 10 bills currently in the Chamber. That deal, if Senators stick to it, will likely seal the pass...

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