Bill C-6 sent back to House of Commons by Senate with amendments which gives us until Jan 26 to make our voices heard

Parliament will resume January 26th (if an election isn’t called first), so this will give us a few weeks in the new year to pressure MPs and Senators before they have to go back and vote on Bill C-6 in the house again.

NEXT STEPS TO KEEP THE PRESSURE TO STOP BILL C-6

This is a strategy we are planing to do together with others who have the same MP Mr. Paul Calandra (MP for Oak Ridges, Markham, King area). We are getting together a group of people and we will visit Mr. Calandra on Friday, January 8th. If you are interested to join us please get back to me. We will present Mr. Calandra with a several petitions opposing Bill C-6. By law if there is a petition signed by 5 people it needs to be presented in the parliament. It is more effective to present many petitions than one petition signed by many!!!

Petitions should be mailed or delivered separately and they should not use the same template. For those of you who have different MP and would like to follow these steps please see bellow. You can use “individualized”  C-6 petitions  (please see bellow), organize signing in your area with  visiting  your MP.

I have got information that Andrew and Kerry (Mr. Calandra’s 2 assistants) told, that  just a small group of people showing disapproval would be enough to get them to rethink it.”

I will be at the Village Market tomorrow Dec. 19th. Please stop by to sign the C-6 petition if your MP is Mr. Paul Calandra (MP for Oak Ridges, Markham, King).

Love

Oli

Here is an  update from Elaine McCoy (a senator from Alberta). Please read below for the most recent update on what has been happening.

You’ve probably heard that we won the vote in the Senate on December 15.  Accordingly, the bill is on its way back to the House of Commons.  The next step is for MPs to decide whether or not to accept our amendments.

Nothing much is going to happen for a month or so.  The MPs all went home on December 10th.  We currently expect Parliament to resume in late January, so Bill C-6 would likely be taken up shortly thereafter.  Of course, we’re all hearing rumours that Prime Minister Harper wishes to prorogue (i.e., shut Parliament down) and start over in the new year.  If that happens, then Bill C-6 will die on the Order Paper.

If you’re interested, here are some links to additional information:

* Amendments

* Senate debates

* Hullabaloos (my blog).

All best wishes for the holiday season.  Cheers, Elaine.

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