Bills still working their way through the House of Commons are on pause for now as the house rose for the Summer.
Between Bill C-2 resurrecting lawful access and Bill C-4 exempting political parties from all privacy laws, (not to mention the Conservative party’s internet censorship bill working it way through the senate) there has been a lot happening in the Canadian House of Commons.
The thing is, government does take breaks from time to time. When that happens, legislation gets paused in the process. On Friday, the House of Commons did just that. On Friday, the House rose for the Summer break. This after a seemingly short session of parliament (I mean, time is going by quickly these days). Barring any issue specific emergency session, the House of Commons won’t be back until September 15 according to the parliament schedule. So, if you were worried about a particular bill, you got a reprieve until then.
Worth noting that business can continue at various regulators. So, if a bill has already become law, then developments can continue from that perspective. Regulators don’t have to follow the schedule from the House of Commons and are, as they say, “independent” (which is a fluid term to describe some of them) from that part of government. Other than that, the government can say, “See you in September”.
Now is time to increase awareness, before next phase begins.