Independent Senate

• Michele Audette, former MMIWG inquiry head, among 5 new senators

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says all will sit as independents in the upper chamber and that their perspectives will help shape Canada's future.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2021
  
• Trudeau names Quebec Sen. Marc Gold as new government representative in Red Chamber

  Gold is a constitutional law expert and replaces Sen. Peter Harder in the role.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2020
  
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• Tory Senator quits caucus over Andrew Scheer’s social conservative views

  The Progressive Senate Group, made up of former Liberals, also lost one member and will fold.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2019
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• Senate narrowly defeats motion to separate Trudeau government’s budget bill

  The Senate won't be splitting the Trudeau government's budget bill to hive off the portion dealing with creation of a new infrastructure bank.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2017
• Senate holding up Liberal budget bill is the Senate Justin Trudeau envisioned, he says

  Delays with the budget bill and, in the prime minister's view, ill-informed attempts at altering it are just part of a “learning process,” he said.

  Politics

  Jun 18, 2017