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The Senate Speaker's parade enters the Red Chamber on Feb. 6. There are some who will want to bring a partisan discourse in the deliberations of the Senate, solely for electoral purposes. We are prepared to deal with this reality, writes ISG Facilitator Raymonde Saint-Germain. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SENATOR RAYMONDE SAINT-GERMAIN

August 21, 2024

As the clock winds down on the current parliamentary session and an election draws closer, the debates on Parliament Hill have become—unsurprisingly—even more partisan and divisive.

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