Conservative Senators scuttled passage of Bill C-369 ““An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation)”. The senators engaged in continuous stalling tactics to prevent debate on any private member’s bills so Bill C-369 died on the order paper when parliament dissolved for the summer – coincidentally on National Indigenous Peoples Day.
23 of the unelected 105 Senators are Conservative. Therefore, 22% of the unelected senators overruled 211 elected members representing 71% of the House of Commons who voted yes from all the other parties.
The Conservative Party of Canada voted unanimously in the House of Commons against Bill C-369. The final vote:
Yes = 211 (Liberal, NDP, Bloc Quebecois, Green, Independents, CCF)
No = 87 (All Conservative – 86), People’s Party – 1)
Paired = 6 (Liberal – 3), Conservative – 2), NDP – 1)