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Bill C-69 becomes law
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Legislation for cannabis possession pardons clears Senate with 2 other bills
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Bill C-48 comes at a ‘pivotal time for energy and environment’
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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
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Celebrating 40 years of privately sponsored refugees in Canada
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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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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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.
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2 Government bills adopted in Senate
Senate study of 13 Government bills continues.
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Ocean protection bill adopted in Senate
Bills to replace segregation in prisons and to modernize the military justice system advance to Senate committees for review.
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PHOTOS | Senator Harder greets Japanese Prime Minister
The Government Representative in the Senate was part of a delegation that greeted Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to Parliament Hill.
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We must renew trust in global governance to meet challenges of 21st century
Government Representative in the Senate Peter Harder was in Waterloo to speak at a graduate student symposium.