The House of Commons may have shut down for the summer, but the Senate is still up and running, at least for the moment, although the Chamber itself isn’t scheduled to open for parliamentary business until this evening.
When it does, senators will likely take up the government’s bid to extend collective bargaining rights to RCMP members, which, like the new laws on medically-assisted dying, has undergone a significant rewrite following its arrival in the Upper House, which could continue when it begins report stage, which could happen later today.
On the Senate committee front:
National Security and Defence members hold back-to-back sessions …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
