‘Not sound strategy’: cracks forming in Senate support for supply-management bill

Four Senators on the Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs and International Trade have indicated their opposition or that they have concerns with Bill C-282.

The Bloc Québécois' Bill C-282 to protect the country's supply-management system has been stuck at second reading in the Senate since passing the House last June. Photograph courtesy of PixaBay

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BY NEIL MOSS

February 14, 2024

More than seven months after receiving cross-party support in the House, a bill to further protect supply management sits mired at second reading in the Red Chamber as some Senators are increasingly raising opposition.

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