Election day

[CaptRenault]

Can and will the "new" government (projected to be led by Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party) repeal or gut Bill C-36?

...The smart political choice is for the liberals to say they opposed c-36 but it is the law of the land unless the courts overturn it. No sane politician would dare touch this issue legislatively...

I agree with Patron's pre-election analysis of the chances that the Liberals will do anything about C-36. The new justice minister addressed the issue last week with a deliberately vague and ambiguous statement:

She also said the government would look at possible changes to Bill C-36, the anti-prostitution law passed by the Harper government after the Supreme Court in its 2013 Bedford decision struck down the existing law on the sex trade. The new legislation aimed at discouraging prostitution is seen as unconstitutional by some who say it will endanger sex workers.

“We’ve had some preliminary discussions around the Bedford decision and how we approach it more broadly, and . . . that is going to involve having substantive discussions with people who are fundamentally impacted by this. And that’s something that we’re definitely going to look into and have further to say on that,” Wilson-Raybould told CBC.

Possible changes? Preliminary discussions? Approach it more broadly? Substantive discussions with people who are fundamentally impacted by this? Something that we’re definitely going to look into?

Though the new justice minister wanted to make it sound she will be putting a lot of thought into the issue, I would be very surprised to see the Trudeau government take any action on C-36 anytime soon.

 

[Joe.t]

For your viewing pleasure, a breakdown of the Conservatives great accomplishments during their years in office, good job Steven.:thumb:


http://www.thestar.com/opinion/comm...rvatives-need-an-honest-post-mortem-goar.html

 

[CaptRenault]

Justin Trudeau and the Liberals made a lot of promises during the election campaign including these:

1. Pull Canada (and all six of its fighter bombers) out of a combat role against ISIS.
2. Repeal some parts of Canada's anti terrorism law.
3. Admit 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada.

Since the Liberals now control Parliament, they could pass legislation or the Trudeau government could issue executive orders to make these promises come true within weeks.

It will be interesting to see whether Trudeau takes any action on these promises anytime soon. I don't think he will.

 

[RobinX]

The latest news is that the Trudeau Government is standing firm on it's commitment to end Canada’s participation in the U.S.-led bombing mission against ISIL and to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada by the end of the year:

National Post, Nov.14, 2015 : Trudeau plans to follow through with plan to withdraw warplanes and resettle 25k Syrian refugees

... a senior official in Trudeau’s office said Saturday that the attacks have not changed the prime minister’s mind when it comes to ending Canada’s participation in the U.S.-led bombing mission against ISIL. The official, ... , said the government also still intends to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees.