May 4, 2017 – The long-delayed federal government's
Citizenship Act Bill C-6, has been sent back to the House of
Commons for debate with no indication when it will become law.
Justin Trudeau's Liberals based their 2015 election
campaign, in part, on revoking highly controversial changes to the
citizenship law passed by the former governing Conservatives in
2014.
The target was to have the new bill passed into law by Canada
Day 2016. With Canada Day 2017 fast approaching, there is still no
end in sight when the revised Citizenship Act, will be passed.
The Senate began debating Bill C-6 in June 2016. It finally
passed the bill with important amendments in March 2017. It must
now return to the House of Commons for further debate and approval
by MPs. Should it pass there, with or without further changes, it
will have to again return to the Senate for ratification before
becoming law.
