Current, ex-Senators talk legislative delays, target public bills for ‘faster’ pace 

The Senate’s study doesn’t have to be so ‘painfully long,’ says former senator Ratna Omidvar, adding the Red Chamber needs new committees to study emerging issues, such as AI, to ‘embrace the future.’
Former ISG senator Ratna Omidvar, left, CSG Senator Scott Tannas, centre, and ISG Senator Victor Boudreau spoke about the modernized Senate model at an ISG event on Sept. 29.

Ten years on from the Senate becoming a more non-partisan body, Senators, journalists, and staffers gathered in the Red Chamber to reflect on the wins, flaws, and future of the system—floating ideas from speeding up studies, slowing the flow of Senate public bills, and cre...

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