‘A different tone, even in the Senate’: Red Chamber prepared ‘to get business done’ to handle Carney’s quick legislation pledges, says Sen. Tannas

With the PM's self-imposed Canada Day deadline to achieve interprovincial free trade, Senators are planning to work in an ‘effective way’ to get legislation through the Chamber before Parliament breaks for the summer.
Scott Tannas
CSG Leader Scott Tannas called the July 1 deadline 'a little bit concerning,' but says Senators are eager to work with the government to get legislation passed.

With Parliament's summer recess only a few weeks away, Prime Minster Mark Carney is working to pass legislation to deliver a middle-class tax cut “immediately,” and remove interprovincial trade barriers by Canada Day—something that could see the Senate grappling with m...

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