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‘Second-class Senators’: McCallum pushing to empower non-affiliated Senators

Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran says she knew, ‘theoretically,’ the difference being non-affiliated would make when she left the Independent Senators Group last year, but ‘living it is very different.’

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November 2, 2022

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‘Second-class Senators’: McCallum pushing to empower non-affiliated Senators

Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran says she knew, ‘theoretically,’ the difference being non-affiliated would make when she left the Independent Senators Group last year, but ‘living it is very different.’

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‘Second-class Senators’: McCallum pushing to empower non-affiliated Senators

Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran says she knew, ‘theoretically,’ the difference being non-affiliated would make when she left the Independent Senators Group last year, but ‘living it is very different.’

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