‘We can cut red tape, but we can’t cut corners’: Senators weigh concerns, hopes for feds’ massive economic bill

‘You can't protect the right to strike unless you protect the right to collective bargaining. They're not separate tracks. They're two things that go in tandem with each other,’ said ISG Senator Hassan Yussuff.

ISG Senator Hassan Yussuff, top left, CSG Senator Colin Deacon, ISG Senator Mary Coyle, CSG Senator Clément Gignac, bottom left, PSG Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne, and Conservative Senator Fabian Manning questioned ministers in a committee of the whole meeting on Bill C-39 on Oct. 6.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Stuart Benson, Cynthia Münster, and handout photograph

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BY ELEANOR WAND

October 9, 2026

The feds’ massive omnibus legislation has yet to be sent to the Red Chamber, but Senators are already weighing in on Bill C-39, with some urging the Liberals to “get it right” and warning of environmental implications, with others praising the government’s economic e...

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