Replaced By Player English Français Floor Wide Player Headline Politics Cannabis Bill Passes Senate Vote and Advances to Committee Stage

Peter Harder, the government’s representative in the Senate, speaks with reporters following the vote at second reading on the government’s bill to legalize cannabis. The Upper Chamber voted 44-29 in favour of further study of the bill, allowing it to proceed to committee.

Opposition Senate Leader Larry Smith, Independent Senators Yuen Pau Woo, Raymonde Saint-Germain and Tony Dean, as well as Conservative Senators Donald Plett and Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu also speak with reporters. (March 22, 2018) (no interpretation)