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iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Jun 23, 2021 5:57pm The entrance to the Senate building in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Senators voted on Wednesday to extend their sitting hours beyond this week before they rise for the summer so they can hold final votes on two of the government’s priority bills. Senators will now sit next Monday and Tuesday with extended hours.
Earlier this month, Government House leader Pablo Rodriguez presented those bills: the Budget Implementation Act (C-30), the conversion-therapy ban (C-6), the bill to modernize the Broadcasting Act (C-10), and the net-zero-emissions bill (C-12).
On Monday evening, the House passed Bill C-10 and sent it to the Senate. On Tuesday, MPs voted to send C-6 to the Senate. Then on Wednesday, the final two bills, C-12 and C-30, were passed and sent to the Senate.
Passage of online broadcasting bill, conversion therapy bill in doubt as Senate nears summer break Multiple senators have warned that while they ve been willing to fast-track urgent legislation related to the pandemic, they aren t willing to do so for other bills
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Publishing date: Jun 23, 2021 • 23 hours ago • 4 minute read • Independent Sen. Pamela Wallin: Can we please seek an assurance that when a government has had six years in office to present their legislation, they do not literally dump a bill on our doorstep at the 11th hour claiming it must be passed in mere hours? Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/File
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