The Hill Times
A privilege debate that has paralyzed several government bills at second reading in the House, including a confidence vote on a government budget motion and a way and means motion on the capital gains tax, has also given the Senate breathing room to focus on private members’ bills, but the delays can only go on for so long, according to the leader of the Canadian Senators Group. “We haven't run out of things to do, in terms of the government legislative agenda, but we're almost there.
“Some of these things that we would normally expect to have received at this point, we're waiting on.” Conservative Senate Leader Donald Plett told in an emailed statement on Oct. 29 that the Liberal government can fix the House gridlock by tabling the documents related to SDTC in Parliament “so the RCMP can investigate the corruption within the Green Slush Fund.” “The majority of MPs in the House of Commons voted to compel the Liberals to release the documents.
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