House Commons and Senate

government: And all signs are that the government intends to push it through the Senate as quickly as possible, with an eye to the Bill becoming law before the summer Parliamentary break, according to Huffington Post Canada. Debate in the House at both second and third reading has been limited. It is soon to be passed by the House of Commons and then head off to the Senate. The numbers of hearing sessions before the Committee charged with giving it careful and thorough review were far less than required. Despite the fact that feedback in front of and outside the Committee has been sweeping in its criticism of the numerous new powers, procedures and criminal offences included in Bill C-51, the government has only agreed to a tiny handful of amendments which, at best, could be said to tweak and tinker. It still defies belief, for instance, that faced with a bill that will lead to a new statute establishing the most expansive information sharing framework Canadians have ever seen, the government refused to invite the country Privacy Commissioner to testify before the Committee. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.