here2stay said:
I really want someone to reply to this thread.. Any updates on the second senate reading, now that the fall is here?
There are multiple threads discussing the progress (or lack thereof) toward adoption and implementation of Bill C-6 and its parts.
This thread is actually focused on discussing the meaning, import, and prospective application of what is proposed in Bill C-6.
As repeatedly observed in more than one of those threads discussing the legislative process, as well as by
screech339 here, the Senate is not even scheduled to resume until late this month. (When it really is fall.) And of course the Senate has much more than Bill C-6 on its agenda, so there is no guarantee how soon the Senate will proceed to the next step for this Bill in particular.
The big issue is whether one or more provisions, like the one to repeal Bill C-24 changes providing for the revocation of citizenship based on convictions for specified crimes, will cause extended debate or perhaps even revision, thus delaying or, if there are revisions made, resulting in the HoC having to revisit, debate anew, and vote again on the Bill.
Most nonetheless expect Bill C-6 to pass, be adopted, and receive Royal Assent, and if not in October or November, at the least before the December break. But as oft repeated in the other topics where the legislative process is more on topic, there is no guarantee it will go this way. And, moreover, the provisions most people are interested in, the implementation of the 3/5 rule, are not likely to take effect until sometime in 2017, even if the Bill itself gets adopted and in part implemented as early as sometime in October.
