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In a stunning violation of Canadian parliamentary tradition, the largely ceremonial Senate in Ottawa yesterday rejected the Canadian climate law twice passed by the House of Commons. The Globe and Mail reports. Without any debate in the Red Chamber, Conservative senators caught their Liberal and unelected counterparts off-guard on Tuesday by calling a snap vote […]