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CIC news of October 11th. The key word I thought was early 2017 Changes to Support Changes to the Citizenship Act Description of the objective The Government has made commitments in both its election platform and the Prime Minister’s mandate letter to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and...

Senate is not meeting this week. Next meeting date is October 18th

It's in the agenda for Oct 18th

Yes he definitely said that the Senate will not obstruct....but that they might want to make some changes...did not elaborate on that ....I got the feeling minor changes...we had a one to one meeting so if it was a major thing he would have said more

My MP is Al Ehassi. Just wrote to him. Met him during the Summer too and he said that the Senate won't obstruct but might make some changes.

Yes, we should petition the PM

November and December there are no meetings scheduled in the Senate calendar. Does that mean that they are on vacation these two months too? Also October only three days

delay, delay delay

So are they not discussing it today? I saw this mentioned in another forum on this subject just now.

They seem to have some plan, link given below http://www.hilltimes.com/2016/06/27/trudeau-government-poised-to-start-the-process-for-filling-19-vacant-senate-seats/71379

http://www.hilltimes.com/2016/06/27/trudeau-government-poised-to-start-the-process-for-filling-19-vacant-senate-seats/71379 Here is the link

Let's wait and see. I have a feeling that it won't take as long as one year

I read that in 2010 they defeated a Climate change bill that had got a majority vote in the house of commons on the instructions of Stephen Harper. But of course now the dictator is not there.

Thank you for the thread Morgan. We sent an email thanking the Hon Minister that same evening he made the announcement, and yes definitely will send the letter too. We have to show our gratitude

Three more signatures needed to complete petition

Correct, one has to vary of all politicians and as you say it is same wine. But as civil society we can also try to lobby about something if it is important even if it may not work rather than be dispassionate about it. At least they will know that the people have not forgotten their election...

Here is the Prime Minister's tweet before elections. Justin TrudeauToday I pledged to repeal Harper’s two-tier citizenship law, Bill C-24. Add your name if you’re with me: https://t.co/C46Di6KZAp

Something that came out of a discussion a group of us had with the area MP was that the Liberal government welcomes such petitions as then they can sense the pulse of the people and helps them to support as evidence for their policy directions.

The petition needs 36 more signatories to reach maximum. Readers who are in favor of this petition should consider signing this

Hi, What about the Canadian Language Benchmark test conducted by YMCA?