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Sixteen Conservative Senators voted with Liberal Senators to block Bill C-377, which means that the controversial legislation has to go back to the House of Commons. The Senate passed a series of amendments, effectively defeating the major provisions of Bill C-377.

Bill C-377 targeted Canada's trade union movement, and if implemented would drastically change rules around financial disclosure. For more on the case against Bill C-377, see this recent piece by Toby Sanger.

"As per Parliamentary convention, we expect that the Senate will respect the will of the House of Commons should the bill be returned to the Senate," PMO spokesperson Andrew MacDougall stated, in response to being rebuffed by a number of the governing party's own Senators.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) issued the following statement, advocating that the Bill be withdrawn altogether.