Nasty smell in Senate chambers causes early adjournment

Sen. Don Plett rose in the Red Chamber to express his concern over working conditions, hearkening back to his days as a plumber.

"Your honour, I’m not quite sure how to approach this, but we have a very, very difficult odour in this chamber, as we have had in the entire building most of the morning," he said. "As an old plumber, I used to work with this odour quite a bit. As a Senator, I haven’t quite as often." ---More...

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