Senator Who Challenged O'Toole’s Leadership Excluded From Senate Committees

Senator Who Challenged O'Toole’s Leadership Excluded From Senate Committees
Saskatchewan Senator Denise Batters speaks during a pro-pipeline rally at IJACK Technologies Inc. near Moosomin, Sask., on February 16, 2019. The Canadian Press/Michael Bell
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OTTAWA—Conservative Sen. Denise Batters has been excluded from all Senate committees after challenging Erin O'Toole’s leadership.

O'Toole booted the Saskatchewan senator out of the Conservative national caucus last month after she launched a petition aimed at forcing a referendum on his leadership within six months−rather than wait for a scheduled confidence vote at the party’s convention in August 2023.