Senators must be fully vaccinated to attend in-person meetings in Senate chamber
Senate Speaker George Furey announced the new policy Thursday following consultations with the leaders of the various groups in the upper house.
Canadian Senators Group
Rush is on to pass carbon bill and others, but could stall in Senate
The House of Commons is poised to break today, June 22, 2021, for the summer — and possibly for an election — after giving eleventh-hour approval to what the minority Liberal government considers its priority legislation.
Senators demand race-based data on Canadian MAID requests
Senators want the federal government to collect race-based data on who requests and receives medical assistance in dying in Canada.
Conservative senator quits caucus over concerns about Scheer
Ongoing efforts by senators to distance themselves from party politics took another turn on Monday, November 18, 2019, as a Conservative senator quit his caucus over concerns about the party's leader, and an attempt by the last senators sitting as Liberals to officially rebrand themselves ended.
Senate group forms to guard regional interests in fractured Parliament
Eleven Canadian senators are forming a new caucus that aims to make sure regional issues get their due in the upper chamber.
Tories divided over trucker protest as leadership race begins
A convoy of protesters against COVID-19 restrictions that has settled into downtown Ottawa has provided a test for the Conservative party as it rolls into a leadership race.