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Keep up with all the latest events, press releases and accomplishments in the Senate of Canada, and the ongoing steps in modernizing the Upper Chamber.
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Independent Senate gives smaller provinces bigger voice
Senator Peter Harder talks Senate renewal in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Celebrating 40 years of privately sponsored refugees in Canada
Over the past 40 years, the agreement has transformed the lives of the 327,000 privately-sponsored refugees.
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UNDRIP legislation ‘a framework for reconciliation’: Sen. Harder
Legislation in support of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was introduced by NDP MP Romeo Saganash.
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Red Chamber has full house as 4 new independent Senators sworn in
New Senators fill vacant seats in NWT, Yukon, Nova Scotia and Ontario.
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New law to regulate wrecks improved with Senate amendment to protect ocean graves
House of Commons accepted an amendment by the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.
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Increasingly independent Senate ends year with full house
Committees being asked to meet during extended break period to deal with important legislation.
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Senator Peter Harder’s holiday speech
The Government Representative in the Senate thanked Senators for their hard work and cooperation in a holiday speech in the Red Chamber on Dec. 12, 2018.
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Consumer protection provisions in budget bill is ‘federalism as its finest’
Senator André Pratte sponsored Bill C-86 in the Senate.
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Election laws set to be modernized before the next federal election
Bill C-76 passes the Senate with a technical amendment.
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Senate adopts legislation to curb illicit arms trade
Bill C-47 allows Canada to join an international arms treaty.