Liberal Border Bill Clears Houseand Other Last-Minute Moves on Parliament Hill Before Christmas Break
Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2025. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld12/12/2025|Updated: 12/12/2025The Liberal government’s second attempt at passing a bill aiming to strengthen the border and immigration rules was successful before the House of Commons went on Christmas break.The last few days of proceedings were eventful on Parliament Hill, with another Tory MP defecting to the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois managing to amend the Combatting Hate Act to remove the religious defence to hate speech in the Criminal Code.Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierETAuthor’s Selected Articles
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