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Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the House of Commons earlier this year. The House rose for summer break on Thursday. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)
Members
of Parliament wrapped the spring sitting of Parliament on Thursday and
will not return to their seats in the House of Commons until the fall.
Government
House leader Steven MacKinnon hailed the sitting as an achievement,
celebrating 21 government bills passing the House of Commons in the 14
weeks it sat so far this year.
"The legislation covers a range of
subjects, but two themes are obviously prominent: the economy and
protecting Canadians from crime," MacKinnon said in the foyer of the
House of Commons.
"We have focused on these things because they are what matters to Canadians."
Some of those 21 bills were passed earlier in the sitting, while others were pushed through on Thursday by unanimous consent.
Not
all of them are yet law. Some still require consideration by the
Senate, and others are simply awaiting royal assent by Gov. Gen. Louise
Arbour.
WATCH | Liberals now the 'law and order' party, MacKinnon says:
Liberals now the 'law and order' party in Canada: House leader MacKinnon
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Duration 1:35
Government
House leader Steven MacKinnon says the passage of Bill C-22 in the
House comes at the end of a spring sitting that delivered a 'very real
set of criminal justice reforms.' The justice bills have been met by a
'wall of conspiracy theory and frankly paranoia' from Conservative MPs,
MacKinnon said. Bill C-22, which gives police and spies more power to
obtain digital information, now heads to the Senate.
These are some of the bills that were part of the end-of-sitting business on Thursday:
Bill C-11. This legislation enshrines in law
that all sexual offences involving military members must be handled
exclusively by civilian courts and police, rather than the military.
The bill has now received royal assent.
MacKinnon said the
amendment added by the Senate requiring the law to be reviewed in three
years was agreed to in order to end a back and forth with the Senate and
get the legislation passed.
Bill C-22. The Liberal government's lawful access legislation
amends the Criminal Code giving police more powers to gather a person's
private digital information during an investigation. It was also passed
at third reading.
MacKinnon said the Senate will take up its study of the bill as soon as Parliament returns Sept. 21.
"We
sent a very, very clear message that Canada's representatives are
behind giving [law enforcement] what is the last lawful access regime
[to be enacted] in the G7," he said.
Bill S-227.
This legislation designates April as Arab Heritage Month, noting the
first people of Arab origin to arrive in Canada did so in 1882. The
bill, which originated in the Senate, has now received royal assent.
Ahmed
Hussen, the former immigration minister, rose in the House and thanked
all MPs for passing the legislation. "This is a really important bill
for the community and for Canada," he said.
Bill C-30. The spring economic update
outlined a number of new policies including boosting support for
training in the skilled trades and banning crypto ATMs, among other
measures. C-30 was adopted at third reading in the House just before 2
p.m. Thursday and has now received royal assent.
Bill C-27.
This final self-government agreement for the Tlegohli Got'ine
Government Inc., in the Northwest Territories, was also passed at third
reading and has been sent to the Senate.
Bill C-29. This legislation sets up the new Financial Crimes Agency
that is being designed to lead investigations into Canada's most
intricate and costly financial crimes, operating under the oversight of a
commissioner.
The unanimous consent motion pushed the bill
through second reading and into committee where it will begin being
studied by MPs when they return in the fall.
The law and order party
Referencing the Liberal government's progress with Bill C-14,
the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act — which received royal assent on
Monday — along with Bill C-22, Bill C-27 and the government's child protection and gender-based violence legislation, Bill C-16 — which has now received royal assent — MacKinnon suggested the Conservatives are no longer the party of law and order.
"We
now have a very real set of criminal justice reforms, bail, hate
speech, victims' rights … and of course, giving us the last lawful
access regime in the G7," the House leader said.
Mackinnon said
that in contrast, the Conservatives have found themselves divided
internally on the Liberals' justice agenda — putting them on the wrong
side of a number of criminal justice matters.
"In summary, it's
been a very busy spring sitting," MacKinnon said. "I would like to thank
all MPs for the hard work they put in and … when we all return in the
fall, we'll, once again, I assure you, have a very busy legislative
agenda."
The Conservatives dismissed MacKinnon's characterization
of the last six months in Parliament insisting that the Liberal
government has not delivered for the Canadians who voted for them.
WATCH | Liberals 'failed' on public safety, Conservative says:
'This government has failed' on public safety, Conservative deputy leader says
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Duration 1:00
After
government House leader Steven MacKinnon said the Liberals are now the
'law and order' party in Canada on Thursday, Conservative deputy leader
Melissa Lantsman said the government has failed on the issue. 'The more
our government does on these crime files the less Canadians feel safe,'
Lantsman said.
"Canadians are worse off on almost every measure," Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman told reporters.
"Just
look at the facts. We are the only country in the G7, in the G20, in a
recession that the prime minister got us into," she said.
Lantsman
said that youth unemployment in Canada remains high, as does the cost
of housing, groceries and planning for retirement.
She also dismissed MacKinnon's suggestion that the Liberals have properly addressed the law and order file.
"They've
voted against five bills that we've introduced to make our streets
safer," Lantsman said. "I ask Canadians: 'do you feel safer than you did
a year ago?' and that answer is a resounding no."
Peter
Zimonjic is a senior writer for CBC News who reports for digital, radio
and television. He has worked as a reporter and columnist in London,
England, for the Telegraph, Times and Daily Mail, and in Canada for the
Ottawa Citizen, Torstar and Sun Media. He is the author of Into The
Darkness: An Account of 7/7, published by Vintage.
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