Overview
- MPs agreed to a unanimous motion that let the House break for the summer and advance several bills on Thursday, and the Commons will not sit again until Sept. 21.
- Bill C-22, the government's lawful‑access bill that expands police and spy agency powers to obtain digital data, passed third reading in the House and now heads to the Senate with amendments.
- Bill C-14, the bail reform act that makes it harder to obtain bail for a range of offences, received royal assent and is now law.
- Bill C-11, which transfers the military’s jurisdiction over sexual‑offence cases to civilian courts, was adopted with a Senate amendment requiring an independent review after three years.
- The government says it passed roughly 21 government bills this sitting to tackle the economy and public safety while opposition parties criticized the priorities and the prime minister’s absences, and the Senate and royal‑assent delays leave several contentious measures unresolved and open to further challenge.