Prime Minister Mark Carney’s point-person in the Senate is pressing for the swift passage of the government’s landmark “nation-building” projects bill, but he isn’t certain he can get it through unamended before the upper house is scheduled to break for the summer.
In an interview with CBC News on Wednesday, Sen. Marc Gold, the government representative charged with shepherding C-5 through the Red Chamber, said he wants the bill to pass this week with no changes.
But, with senators essentially free agents after a series of changes under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, it’s hard to say what the outcome will be — given the criticism from some Indigenous leaders and environmentalists, Gold said.
Trudeau packed the senate like Liberal sardines.
