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Such tactics have nonetheless allowed Liberals to keep a list of unused bills, which every government eventually accumulates, relatively trim. Still, a handful have not progressed at all. And time is now starting to run short for bills to make it all the way through the legislative process before the next election in fall 2019.

“Our government has been delivering on an ambitious agenda that we promised Canadians,” said Chagger’s press secretary Sabrina Atwal in a statement to the National Post. “There is more work to be done. Our government remains committed to its legislative agenda and will continue to move ahead with its plans.”

Here’s a look at the legislation they’re letting slide.

Pension plan changes (C-27)



It should come as no surprise that the Liberals’ pension legislation, which would establish a framework for the establishment of target-benefit plans, hasn’t gone anywhere.

That’s because it is at the centre of an ongoing investigation by the ethics commissioner into Finance Minister Bill Morneau, whose family company administers such plans and would thus benefit from the legislation. The opposition has argued that this put Morneau in a clear conflict-of-interest when he introduced the bill in October, 2016.

Age of consent for gay couples (C-32)

This bill would repeal the section of the criminal code banning anal sex except under specific circumstances, and make the age of consent for sex the same for heterosexual and homosexual couples. The LGBTQ community has long asked for such a change.