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Senate’s committee system ‘does not work’: Senators consider cutting membership and dropping a day

Having more than nine members often means there are a few ‘free-riders’ who don’t do the work, says Progressive Senator Diane Bellemare, while nine is the ‘optimal number.’

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April 11, 2024

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‘Being on CIBA is like being on two or three committees, because some of these subcommittees are very time consuming,’ says Progressive Senate Group Leader Jane Cordy.

Senate Internal Economy subcommittee seats opened to non-members to ease workload

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‘Being on CIBA is like being on two or three committees, because some of these subcommittees are very time consuming,’ says Progressive Senate Group Leader Jane Cordy.

‘The tail wagging the dog’: Senate Rules Committee stuck on question of privileges for non-partisan Senate groups

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Conservative Senators are looking to maintain special status and privileges granted to the opposition and not currently available to other recognized groups that have formed in recent years.

‘The tail wagging the dog’: Senate Rules Committee stuck on question of privileges for non-partisan Senate groups

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Conservative Senators are looking to maintain special status and privileges granted to the opposition and not currently available to other recognized groups that have formed in recent years.

‘Second-class Senators’: McCallum pushing to empower non-affiliated Senators

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‘Second-class Senators’: McCallum pushing to empower non-affiliated Senators

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Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran says she knew, ‘theoretically,’ the difference being non-affiliated would make when she left the Independent Senators Group last year, but ‘living it is very different.’