The Canadian Parliament has been prorogued, effectively killing over two dozen government bills including crucial legislation on voting rights, online child protection, and Indigenous water access.
From newly proposed voting laws, human rights issues and amendments to address the online protection of children, more than two dozen government bills are dead in their tracks with the halting of Parliament. In total, 26 bills will now be squashed entirely because of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement that he will resign and prorogue government for just over two months while the Liberal Party searches for a new leader.
'To bring all these bits of legislation back, you would need a resolution when Parliament sits again,' said Mount Royal University political scientist Keith Brownsey. 'There are some things that are implausible in this world. This is one of them that just won't happen. So, small, rural, remote communities will suffer again with undrinkable water, children will be exploited on the internet and we can't say that our elections are particularly safe at this time. Bill C-65 introduced amendments to the Canada Elections Act and included measures to clamp down on electoral interference and the spread of disinformation. It would have also authorized two additional days of advance polling while giving Indigenous fly-in communities and citizens living in remote areas additional flexibility to vote in advance. The online harms bill (C-63) would have required tech platforms to swiftly remove child pornography as well as content that bullies or sexually victimizes children or induces children to harm themselves. C-63 was meant to force tech platforms to remove any sexual content posted without consent and would have created a digital safety commission and ombudsperson to combat online harm. The First Nations water bill (C-6) had been brought in after years of advocacy from several Indigenous groups and would have committed the government to finally provide adequate funding of their water supplie
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