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The Conservative Senate leader Don Platt has asked the Speaker to rule on whether it is acceptable for members of the House of Lords to hold a eagle feather
Joan Bryden The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Two senators are seeking disciplinary measures against one another in what boils down to a clash between the new and old guards in the Senate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick May 25, 2021 - 3:44 PM OTTAWA - Two senators are seeking disciplinary measures against one another in what boils down to a clash between the new and old guards in the Senate. The dispute is between Sen. Pierre Dalphond, one of the new, more independent, less partisan senators, and S...
Senate's old guard and new guard clash over role of independent senators by Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press Posted May 25, 2021 6:44 pm EDT Last Updated May 25, 2021 at 6:57 pm EDT OTTAWA — Two senators are seeking disciplinary measures against one another in what boils down to a clash between the new and old guards in the Senate. The dispute is between Sen. Pierre Dalphond, one of the new, more independent, less partisan senators, and Sen. Don Plett, leader of the Conservative Senate caucus, the last remaining unabashedly partisan group in the upper house. It revolves around Dalphond’s a...
Four senators have been chosen to sit on the committee by three of the four Senate groups. But they're all waiting for the Conservative Senate caucus to name its single member, despite a unanimously passed motion requiring all Senate groups to choose their members by the end of the day last Friday. The delay revolves around a dispute over who the Senate's committee co-chair should be. Sen. Pierre Dalphond, a former judge chosen to represent the Progressive Senate Group on the committee, says Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett is refusing to name the Tory senator unless there's a guarantee t...
Senate wrangling over co-chair holds up parliamentary review of assisted dying law Poll Yes The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. A long-awaited, and legally required parliamentary review of Canada's medically assisted dying regime is set to go except for the Conservative Senate caucus, which has yet to name its member of the committee. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA – Wrangling in the Senate over who will co-chair a special joint committee is holding up the start of a long-awaited, legally required, parliamentary revi...