(Ottawa) The Senate of Canada takes an extra week off before returning to work in Ottawa.
Posted at 6:31 p.m.
After consulting with officials from different groups in the upper house, Senate Speaker George Furey said the adjournment would be extended for another week, until February 8.
Under Senate rules, the president can extend an adjournment if the public interest does not require the upper house to meet as originally scheduled.
In the brief post-election parliamentary sitting that ended on December 17, the government prioritized three bills, all of which were rushed through the House of Commons and the Senate before the holiday break.
However, no other government bill is currently before the Senate.
The House of Commons is scheduled to resume its work on January 31.