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'You have to treat it like you're a contestant on The Amazing Race and you're going to have to problem solve as you go,' says Alberta Sen. Paula Simons
It's not every day that Canada's Constitution gets amended. But that's exactly what's happened following a request from Saskatchewan to get rid of a long-standing tax exemption granted to Canadian Pacific Railway.
Members of the Red Chamber have been hit by a wave of questionable correspondence from Canadians convinced that a pending Senate bill would take away their pensions and lead to some sort of totalitarian world government.
OTTAWA -- New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating has died. She was 64 years old. Keating was appointed to the Senate in January 2020 and sat with the Independent Senators Group. She was a lawyer and constitutional expert who spent several decades as a senior civil servant in New Brunswick, including as a legal adviser to the premier. In a statement, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs highlighted Keating's passion for the law and public policy. "During her career, she worked tirelessly to promote the equal and just treatment of women in the legal profession and in 1993, she became the founder...
Senate passes emissions-targets bill By Aidan Chamandy. Published on Jun 29, 2021 5:08pm Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson's major climate bill just passed the Senate. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard) The Liberal government’s greenhouse-gas emissions-targets bill was approved by the Senate on Tuesday, passing its final vote by a 60 to 19 margin, with two abstentions. All that’s left for the bill to become law is royal assent, which should be given to it within the next few days by Supreme Court Chief Justic...