Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Reform Act C-586

Q128: Will Michael Chong's Reform Act receive royal assent before the next federal election?
Yes: 25%

The Reform Act of 2014 (also known as Bill C-586) is a proposed law intended to give more power to individual MPs.  It has been passed by the House of Commons in late February, and is currently before the Senate.  There seems to be some uncertainty over whether the Senate will pass the bill before the end of June (see article here).  If they do not, then the bill will not become law, because of the intervening federal election.

My sense is that the Senate is quite unlikely to pass the bill.  Private member's bills, like this one, do not receive the standing that government bills get.  As well, there seems to be opposition to the law from several senators, which could delay the bill's passage past the end of June.

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