Senate leaders rebuff timing concerns after Upper Chamber rises two days early, limits committee study 

Before it rose for the summer, the Red Chamber passed a motion limiting committee study on three government bills that have now received royal assent.
Government Representative Senator Pierre Moreau, left, Independent Senators Group Facilitator Lucie Moncion, Canadian Senators Group Leader Flordeliz Osler, and Progressive Senate Group Leader Brian Francis. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
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BY ELEANOR WAND
July 1, 2026

Senate leaders say the Upper Chamber adequately studied a trio of government bills despite a motion that restricted committee study, and despite the Senate rising for the summer two days early.

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