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The omnibus crime bill is apparently being rushed through the House too fast for the Public Safety Minister.

The Conservatives have invoked time allocation on C-19, the bill that eliminates the long-gun registry. Of the ten government bills debated in the House since Parliament reconvened in June, the Harper government has now invoked time allocation on five of them: C-3 (budget implementation), C-10 (the omnibus crime bill), C-13 (budget implementation), C-18 (Canadian Wheat Board) and C-19.

However inevitable the bill’s passage, the Liberals have proposed the following reasoned amendment to the government’s omnibus crime legislation.

The government has announced details of its omnibus crime bill: The Safe Streets and Communities Act, which will bundle together nine separate bills.