Senate

• Carney puts a key advisor and a Conservative MP in the Senate

  Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that he is dropping the non-partisan criteria for appointments to the Senate as he named new appointments.

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  Jul 7
  
• U.S. Senate passes budget plan for ICE, Border Patrol in bid to reopen DHS

  The entire department has been shut down since mid-February as Democrats have demanded policy changes in the wake of fatal shootings of two protesters by federal agents.

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  Apr 23
  
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• Senate panel says immigration measures should be removed from border bill

  The Senate social affairs committee has heard from witnesses who warned the legislation could violate human rights and lacks procedural fairness.

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  Feb 23
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• Senators can’t charge taxpayers for spouse language lessons, travel anymore

  Senators will now be encouraged to either take the free language courses offered by the House of Commons or take classes in the National Capital Region or their home province.

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  Oct 3, 2025
• Carney names Quebec senator as government leader in Senate

  Quebec Sen. Pierre Moreau will be tasked with guiding government legislation through the Senate as its representative in the upper chamber.

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  Jul 18, 2025
• Carney’s major projects, internal trade bill becomes law

  While Bill C-5 passed without amendments, a handful of senators attempted to persuade their colleagues to include language about respecting Indigenous rights.

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  Jun 26, 2025
• Senator Patrick Brazeau recovering from ‘dizzy spell’ that caused collapse

  Sen. Patrick Brazeau rose to speak during debate in the Senate on the government's major projects bill before falling sideways to the floor.

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  Jun 26, 2025
• U.S. Senate to vote on removing Trump tariffs on Canada. Will it matter?

  Senate Democrats are putting Republican support to the test by forcing a vote to nullify the emergency declaration that underpins the tariffs on Canada.

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  Apr 1, 2025
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• Trump signs 6-month funding bill, averting U.S. government shutdown

  Harrison Fields, White House principal deputy press secretary, said in a post on X that Trump signed the continuing resolution Saturday.

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  Mar 15, 2025
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• All Senate vacancies now filled as Trudeau makes 5 new appointments

  With just days to go until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves federal politics, his office says five new appointments have now filled all the vacancies in the 105-seat Senate.

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  Mar 7, 2025