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The Liberal government is planning to limit debate on radical Bill C-22, which gives police expansive new powers, and push it through Canada’s House of Commons in a matter of days.
(LifeSiteNews) — Conservative MPs have blasted the Liberal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney for planning to ram through a “dystopian” Liberal internet censorship bill, which would demand that people’s data be kept for potential police review.
On Monday, Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon put forward a motion that will, in effect, put an end to all debate on Bill C-22 or “An Act respecting lawful access.”
Conservative MP Andrew Lawton warned in an X post that what the Liberals are doing means that they are going to “force Bill C-22 through committee and the House of Commons in just days.”
“This is an insane abuse of parliament to ram through a bill fraught with privacy, security, and civil liberties concerns,” he wrote.
Lawton said that the Liberal motion “curtails committee scrutiny, limits MPs’ ability to debate and amend the bill, and rushes Bill C-22 through Parliament on the government’s timetable rather than allowing full parliamentary review.”
The Liberals’ motion means that all third-reading debate on Bill C-22 is limited to only one MP from each party.
The majority Liberal government is pulling out the “guillotine” for one of its most contentious pieces of legislation, moving to give MPs until Friday to pass its controversial bill facilitating police and intelligence agencies’ ability to intercept and collect personal information.
The Liberals plan to pass the motion as early as Thursday, meaning that they could ram through Bill C-22 on Friday, which is the last day the House sits before the summer break.
Such government motions are known as a “guillotine” motion, as they force all debate into a condensed time frame.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, Bill C-22 was recently introduced by Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Gary Anandasangaree. It gives bold new powers to police, as it permits them and government officials to open and examine Canadians’ personal mail and would also have banned cash donations over $10,000.
