Broad support for Senate modernization motion, says Sen. Gold as Tories accuse government of ‘ramming’ through rule changes

Some Senators questioned the timing of the motion amid talk of Liberals being 'wiped out’ in the next election, as Conservative Leader Donald Plett put it.

Marc Gold, the government’s representative in the Senate, introduced a motion on April 18 to change the Upper Chamber’s rules after other initiatives failed to bring the matter to a vote. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 24, 2024

The government’s representative in the Senate says it’s time for the Red Chamber to properly recognize new groups of Senators and grant their leaders “equity and fairness” in the rules so it matches legislation updated in 2022. But the Conservatives say Senator Marc ...

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