New Laws
Bill C-58: Senate improves access to information for Canadians
New Laws
Bill C-69: Senate helps improve resource project reviews
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Legislation to further regulate firearms in Canada adopted in Senate
New Laws
Bill C-81: Senate improves legislation to make Canada more accessible
New Laws
Bill C-75: Reforming Canada’s criminal justice system
New Laws
Bill C-64: Senate protects ocean war graves in new law to regulate wrecks
Senate Renewal
The Government Representative’s role in the evolving Senate
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Increasingly independent Senate gives smaller provinces bigger voice
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Bill C-69 becomes law
Senator Grant Mitchell, who sponsored Bill C-69 in the Senate, reflects on the legislative process after it becomes law.
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20 Government bills receive Royal Assent
A Senate public bill to phase out the captivity of whales also received Royal Assent.
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New laws this session
During this session of Parliament, 88 Government bills have become law.
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Legislation for cannabis possession pardons clears Senate with 2 other bills
3 more Government bills in line for Royal Assent after final Senate approval.
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National security bill clears Senate along with 4 other bills
Senate gives final approval to 5 Government bills on a range of policies.
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Bill C-48 comes at a ‘pivotal time for energy and environment’
Bill C-48 delivers on an election promise to formalize a voluntary tanker exclusion zone in place for more than 30 years.
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Environmental assessment bill adopted with broad range of amendments
Bill C-69 returns to House of Commons for consideration of proposed amendments.
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Fisheries bill clears Senate with whale and shark amendments
Bill C-68 returns to the House of Commons for consideration of Senate amendments.
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Senator Bellemare launches Senate inquiry into monetary policy
Senator Diane Bellemare called the attention of the Senate to the need to review the Bank of Canada Act and to extend its mandate.
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Senator Harder proposes to protect sharks and captive whales in Government’s fisheries bill
Bill C-68 would restore protections to Canada’s freshwater and marine fisheries.