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‘Unfinished business’: reintroduced Senate reform bill brings ‘fairness,’ legitimacy to new group leaders

Senators say the Upper Chamber should soon finish its work on Bill S-2, which would give better pay and official status to the leaders of the three new groups in the Senate

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN
December 6, 2021

News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 6, 2021

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Chimps, war, and us

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Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.

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‘Unfinished business’: reintroduced Senate reform bill brings ‘fairness,’ legitimacy to new group leaders

Senators say the Upper Chamber should soon finish its work on Bill S-2, which would give better pay and official status to the leaders of the three new groups in the Senate

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