This week I found another perfect example of Politics 101 in the Canadian news headlines: two Senate bills made their way into law through the House of Commons. It is not really unusual for Senate bills to become law but the passing of S-201 and S-217 provides us some lessons about legislative processes. Assuming you do, I will try to explain why the headlines look so dramatic. In the case of S-201, Prime Minister Trudeau asked his party, but specifically his cabinet, to vote against the bill. Both S-201 and S-217 may not warrant dramatic headlines but they do warrant the attention of observers of the legislative process.

Source: National Post March 11, 2017 06:27 UTC