Liberal Border Bill Clears House—and Other Last-Minute Moves on Parliament Hill Before Christmas Break

Liberal Border Bill Clears House—and Other Last-Minute Moves on Parliament Hill Before Christmas Break

The Liberal government’s second attempt at passing a bill aiming to strengthen the border and immigration rules was successful before the House of Commons went on Christmas break. The last few days of proceedings were eventful on Parliament Hill, with another Tory MP defecting to the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois managing to amend the Combatting Hate Act to remove the religious defence to hate speech in the Criminal Code. Bill C-12, the Streng…