Legislative bottleneck facing Parliament in rush before December break

Two bills that died on the Order Paper have been reintroduced in the current Parliament: Bill C-4, which unanimously passed in the House on Dec. 1, and Bill C-3, which received first reading on Nov. 26.

The current parliamentary session will be an important opportunity for Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured Nov. 25, 2021, to establish that he is 'prime minister material,' according to Summa Strategies consultant Daniel Perry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

December 3, 2021

Just two weeks remain before the House is scheduled to break for the Christmas holiday, and the government still has two bills—and counting—to shepherd through the House of Commons before a six-week halt to the legislative process. One of those bills, C-2, would extend a set of financial benefi...

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