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by _6ywn 913 days ago
The definition of tabled used is "next on the agenda" (aka definition 1b instead of 1a for the verb at Merriam Webster [1]).

Generally, articles about Canada, the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries use the 1b definition, whereas articles about the United States typically use the 1a definition. I can't recall any article about Canadian news in particular, which uses the 1a definition for "tabled."

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table

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Thanks. I know the difference between the UK and the US, but wasn't sure about Canada, and above all where the person writing it was from.