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Very hard to see how C-10 will receive Royal Assent before fall

By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – It is now just about certain Bill C-10, an Act to modernize the Broadcasting Act, will die at the door of the Senate, unless there is no fall election, something which is still a remote possibility. Despite this, the bill moved along through report stage and third reading debates and votes on Monday evening, as this proceeding is still governed by the motion adopted in the House of Commons on June 14 to allocate one hour debate for each stage and to be dealt with one after the other and the votes to be held...