As Bill C-33 gathers dust, opposition MPs want to know why ‘critical’ election law changes haven’t moved since first reading

The Liberal government says it's committed to getting changes proposed in Bill C-33 passed, but NDP MP Nathan Cullen says the governments words are 'like someone saying they're committed to exercise while they sit on the couch.'

What's the hold up? NDP MP Nathan Cullen, left, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and Conservative MP John Nater all say they don't understand why the Liberal government hasn't moved on Bill C-33, which includes changes that Ms. May and Mr. Cullen say are 'critical' to get passed before the next election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and file photograph

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 26, 2018

The Liberals' promised changes to Canada's elections laws have been gathering dust since November 2016 when Bill C-33 was first introduced, but with the next election in October 2019, opposition MPs want to know why the government hasn't moved on the "unloved" bill. “There’s a lot here [in Bil...

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