An election is coming and you need to know about the most significant bills that have affected Canada (opinion) and who voted for them. All information is sourced from news websites and there are links on each page to read more.
1. The Bills (Laws)That Changed Canada. Who
Voted for Them? Potential Impacts?
Educate Yourself Before the
Next Election on
October 19, 2015
2. Bill C-51 – Anti Terrorism
(2015)
Disastrous Privacy Consequences Privacy Watch Dog Blocked by CPC
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES YES NO NO NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Civil Liberties Negative
Privacy Negative
Canadian Charter Negative
Legal Oversight Negative
Canadian Charter Destruction
275,000
Senators Snowed by Anti C-51 Messages - Set a Record www.openmedia.ca
3. Bill C-24 – Citizenship (2015)
CPC LIB NDP Green
YES NO NO NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Citizenship Negative
Freedom to Protest Negative
Legal Oversight Negative
SFU Education Only 1 Kind of Canadian What You Need to Know
“Rocco Galati, a Toronto-based constitutional lawyer, told CTVNews.ca that a court challenge of Bill C-24 is in the
works. He expects it to proceed in the late fall or early winter. “– June 2015. He is also challenging C-51.
4. Bill C-23 – Elections - 2014
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES NO NO NO NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Democracy - Voting Negative
Money In Politics Negative
Crack Down on Fraud Negative
Cuts Election Budgets NDP Petition Outlines Issues
• “Bill C-23 prevent
many thousands of
Canadians from
voting
• Bill C-23 muzzles
Elections Canada,
prohibiting the
institution from
speaking publicly
about democracy .
• Bill C-23 fails to grant
Elections Canada's
requests for key
investigative powers
it needs to crack
down on electoral
fraud such as the
"robocall" fraud
during the 2011
election
Bill C-23 creates new ways for "money
politics" to skew elections, by raising
donation and campaign spending limits as well
as creating a huge loophole that allows
virtually unlimited campaign spending for
purposes of contacting previous donors by
phone”
Democracy Watch
5. C-44 Terrorism Law (2014)
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES YES NO YES NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Privacy Negative
Legal Oversight Negative
Due Process Negative
Citizen Travel Privacy Negative
Changing Canada
“Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has
concerns with Bill C-44. He said it could lead
Canadian information to be used by other
governments in cases that involve torture, for
instance. “
Pushing Limits of Rights
“Bill C-44 is a systematic attempt by the
government to circumvent the limits Canadian
courts have placed on its investigative and
surveillance powers, through legislative
amendments. It expands the powers of CSIS to
allow for surveillance activities in Canada and
abroad, consequentially allowing CSEC to
intercept, or allow other foreign agencies to
intercept, telecommunications of Canadian
citizens when travelling abroad. “
Sweeping Powers
6. C-13 and S-4 Terrorism Laws
(2015)
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES YES NO NO NO
Potential Impacts - / +
Privacy Negative
Legal Oversight Negative
Due Process Negative
Bill C-13 The bill contains broad new police
powers, including several new warrants for
surveillance, tracking and gathering of bank
information that critics have said will, in some
cases, require little evidence to get.
Changing Canada
Bill C-13 explicitly gives immunity from
lawsuits or even criminal code charges to
companies who would volunteer information
to the government, while Bill S-4 would give
companies the power to voluntarily share
information with each other.
Telecom Immunity
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green
YES NO NO - NO
S-4
C-13
7. Proportional Representation Bill
(Failed)
What is Proportional Representation?
CPC LIB NDP Bloc Green Independent
No Y/N* YES YES YES YES
Vote No. 291
41st Parliament, 2nd Session
Sitting No. 154 - Wednesday, December 03, 2014
*Justin Trudeau Votes No
Trailing in the polls behind NDP and the CON’s…
“If Liberals take power after the Oct. 19 vote, Trudeau
vowed it would be the last federal election held under
the first-past-the-post electoral system.” June 16, 2015
www.fairvote.ca
8. C-224 Climate Change Accountability Act- (2013)
Private Members Bill (Often don’t become Law)
• The purpose of this enactment is to ensure that Canada meets its global
climate change obligations under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change by committing to a long-term target to
reduce Canadian greenhouse gas emissions to a level that is 80% below
the 1990 level by the year 2050, and by establishing interim targets for the
period 2015 to 2045. It creates an obligation on the Commissioner of the
Environment and Sustainable Development to review proposed measures
to meet the targets and submit a report to Parliament. It also sets out the
duties of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
• Sponsor: Megan Leslie
9. Conservatives shut down debate for the 100th time
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• Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have once
again lowered the bar on accountability. They
have stifled democracy by shutting down
debate for a record 100th time – all to evade
the scrutiny of Canadians and the opposition.
• The Harper Conservatives have shut down
democratic debate more than any other
government in Canadian history.
Conservatives have denied Parliament the
right to fully debate nearly 60 pieces of
legislation, containing over 11,000 pages.
Amongst these thousands of pages are
hastily passed laws that have been rejected
by the courts, only to be brought back to
Parliament and rammed through the House
once again.
NDP.ca Huffington Post Green Party
+275,000
10. Other Recent Articles
• New Report Scorches Harpers Record on Democracy
• Civil Society Coalition Takes Aim at Harper Government for Stifling Dissent
• Harper Stalls on Climate, Canada Moves Without Him
• Conservatives spend almost $7M defending unconstitutional legislation
• Court filing alleges Conservative duplicity in handling of gun registry data
• 25 Reasons Harper Should Not Be Elected
• A scorecard of the Harper government’s wins and losses at the Supreme
Court of Canada
• The list goes on and on an on…Visit https://openparliament.ca/ for more
information on bills that became law or failed. There are many more, I’ve
highlighted those I thought have the most impact on our country.
Personal Opinion. Still free to express that….then again?