Category: Senate of Canada

Senate Expenses Up 70% Over Past 7 Years, Committee Finds

December 16, 2022
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The Senate’s annual budget has increased steadily over the past six years and is now about 70 percent higher than it was in 2016, senators heard during a budget committee meeting on Dec. 15. “In 2016, when we decided to reform the Senate, that year our Senate expenses were just under $75 million,” said Sen….

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Housakos Accuses Senators of Appeasing China, After Defeat of Motion to Recognize Genocide of Uyghurs

July 4, 2021
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Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos says he finds it unusual that a motion he introduced to recognize communist China’s mistreatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims as an act of genocide was voted down. The motion was voted down 33-29 in the Senate on June 29, with 13 abstentions. It was supported by Conservative senators, while…

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Senator Who Sponsored Motion to Recognize Uyghur Genocide Says Some Senators Are ‘Apologists for China’ After Motion Defeated

July 4, 2021
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Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos says he finds it unusual that a motion he introduced to recognize communist China’s mistreatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims as an act of genocide was voted down. The motion was voted down 33-29 in the Senate on June 29, with 13 abstentions. It was supported by Conservative senators, while…

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Canadians Not Near Death Gain Access to Assisted Dying as Senate Passes Bill C-7

March 18, 2021
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OTTAWA—The Senate has passed a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying, including eventually to people suffering solely from mental illnesses. By a vote of 60-25, with five abstentions, senators accepted Wednesday a revised version of Bill C-7, even though the government rejected or modified amendments made by the Senate. The bill also…

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