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Reports #123142 - Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (44th Parliament, 1st Session)
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was authorized by the Senate to examine and report on the 2023 Annual Report prepared in accordance with the <i>Statutes Repeal Act</i>, tabled in the Senate on February 1, 2023, has, in obedience to the order of reference of November 9, 2023, examined the said report and now reports as follows:</p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0in;text-indent:0.125in;" class="Para2">The <i>Statutes Repeal Act</i> causes the automatic repeal of legislation that has not been brought into force within 10 years of receiving Royal Assent, absent a resolution adopted by either House of Parliament to defer the repeal of Acts listed in the annual report. The intent of the Act is to prevent legislation that has received Royal Assent but not been brought into force from “sitting on the books” indefinitely. This Act does not apply to legislation that comes into force upon Royal Assent, or legislation that comes into force on a day or days specified within the legislation itself. However, in many cases Acts, or provisions within Acts, come into force on a day to be fixed by the Governor in Council.</p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0in;text-indent:0.125in;" class="Para2">Section 2 of the <i>Statutes Repeal Act</i> requires that the Minister of Justice prepare an annual report listing the Acts of Parliament, or provisions of Acts of Parliament, that received Royal Assent nine or more years before 31 December of the previous calendar year but that have not yet come into force. The report is laid before both houses of Parliament. Until 2023, the usual practice has been for the Senate to adopt a corresponding motion to defer the repeal of the Acts or provisions of Acts as specified in the annual report.</p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0in;text-indent:0.125in;" class="Para2">On November 9, 2023, the 2023 Annual Report was referred to your committee for further study, the first time this report has been referred to any parliamentary committee. The goal of this process was to provide senators with the opportunity to invite department officials to appear before the committee to provide further information regarding the Acts and provisions listed in the 2023 Annual Report, and for officials to answer questions from committee members.</p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0in;text-indent:0.125in;" class="Para2">On November 22, 2023, your committee met with government officials from various departments responsible for the 21 Acts or provisions included in the 2023 Annual Report, including from:</p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Employment and Social Development Canada</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Global Affairs Canada</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Department of Justice Canada</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Department of National Defence</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">• </span><i>Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Department of Finance Canada</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Public Services and Procurement Canada</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Privy Council Office</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Transport Canada</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0.125in;text-indent:-0.25in;padding-left:0.25in;" class="Bullet2"><span class="markerlistfloatandclear" style="margin-right:0.25in;">•</span><i>Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada</i></p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0in;text-indent:0.125in;" class="Para2">Witnesses provided explanations of the Acts or provisions listed in the 2023 Annual Report, justifications for why they had not yet come into force, and timelines for their implementation where applicable.</p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0in;text-indent:0.125in;" class="Para2">At the time of the committee’s study, the government had not yet proposed a motion to defer the repeal of any of the Acts or provisions listed in the 2023 Annual Report.</p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0in;text-indent:0.125in;" class="Para2">Your committee encourages the government to, in future, provide a statement of reasons explaining why the Acts and provisions listed in the annual report have not yet come into force, as well as a timeline for their implementation, when tabling the required annual report under the <i>Statutes Repeal Act</i>.</p><p style="margin-top:3mm;margin-right:0mm;margin-bottom:0mm;margin-left:0in;text-indent:0.125in;" class="Para2">Alternatively, if future annual reports under the that <i>Statutes Repeal Act </i>are to be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, or any other committee, for further study, the committee notes that it would be useful if an explanation of the Acts or provisions contained in the report, the 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