Senate

OTTAWA - The Senate is conducting an audit to assess whether senators are abusing housing allowances meant to defray the costs of...

Nothing recent, mind you. On Feb. 26, 1998 senators convened to say farewell to Richard J. Doyle, late of the Globe , one of the...

Senator Joyce Fairbairn, whose health was the subject of controversy this past August, will retire on January 18, 2013. Bob Rae...

I’m told a vote on C-290 might not come until January, but third reading debate in the Senate began yesterday with a speech from...

The Windsor Star says if the Senate defeats C-290 it will be another reason to implement the Harper government’s proposed reforms.

Greg Fingas considers the ramifications of the Senate (potentially) defeating the sports betting bill. Depending on the eventual...

The Canadian Press and the Globe report that the sports betting bill is headed for defeat in the Senate.

C-46, the bill to reform the pensions of MPs and Senators, has passed the Senate and received royal assent.

Stephane Dion chides the Conservatives on news that the Harper government will be referring its Senate reforms to the Supreme...

More than six years after forming government, the Conservatives want the Supreme Court to review their plans for Senate reform.