All Senators are equal in rights, privileges, and duties

Though the shift to more independent Senators has produced a record of legislative contributions, and improvements in gender and minority representation, it seems some old habits are picking up steam.

In March, ISG Facilitator Yuen Pau Woo and Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett secured the suspension of a Senate principle that allowed Senators to keep their committee seats regardless of affiliation in the Chamber. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR PIERRE J. DALPHOND

May 20, 2020

The equality of Senators, a foundational institutional principle, is being tested by the leadership of two main groups in the Senate, the Independent Senators Group (ISG) and the Conservatives. When I joined the Senate to contribute to a constitutionally valid modernization of the Upper House of ou...

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