Saturday, March 26, 2011

C-422

C-422
Bill C-422

The election call kills private members bills – including Bill C-422.

This message is apparently from an aide to Maurice Vellacott.

This note is not intended to provide exhaustive information. I just want
to let you know that, due to the election call, all legislation
including private members bills – including Bill C-422 – “die” and are
null and void. Obviously, nobody knows which MPs would be coming back to
Parl. after an election, so items on the schedule from a previous
Parliament are not carried over.

Any equal shared parenting private members bills that are introduced in
the next Parliament will get a different # because bills are numbered
based on the order in which they are tabled and introduced so,
technically speaking there is no longer a Bill C-422. If you refer to
equal shared parenting legislation as C-422 to Members of Parliament
following the election, most of them will not know what you are talking
about. If you are a group leader, please pass this info to your members
to help Canadians communicate as effectively as possible with their
political representatives.

I think every Candidate and Party Leader needs to put Family Law Reform as one of their main priorities in this election. I will be questioning everyone I can about this issue and I will post every response I get back.

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