Senators raise concerns about Bloc’s ‘flawed’ supply management bill

Bill C-282 passed the House of Commons at third reading 262-51, arriving in the Senate just prior to the Chamber rising for the summer.

The Bloc Québécois' Bill C-282 to ban supply management concessions in trade negotiations received wide-spread support in the House of Commons. Photograph courtesy of PixaBay

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BY NEIL MOSS

August 16, 2023

After garnering all-party support in the House of Commons, a Bloc Québécois bill that seeks to further protect Canada’s politically sensitive supply management system could face hurdles in the Senate.

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