Senate leaders at impasse on committees as PSG balks at clause keeping seats with groups

With each side accusing the other of playing ‘hostage’ with negotiations, ISG Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain says it would be ‘anarchy’ to let seats leave with Senators.
Progressive Senators Jane Cordy and Pierre Dalphond say their group backing any agreement on committees is contingent on removing a provision that says committee seats belong to groups and not individual Senators.
After drafting an agreement, Senate leaders have come to a stalemate on setting up the Chamber's committees, with the Progressive Senate Group calling a clause that allows groups to keep control of seats instead of individual Senators a nonstarter.

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