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"The government has tabled Bill C-51, which provides greater power to the security agencies to collect information on and disrupt the activities of suspected te
by huxley 12y ago
"The government has tabled Bill C-51, which provides greater power to the security agencies to collect information on and disrupt the activities of suspected terrorist groups."
FYI for any Americans reading this, when a bill is tabled in Canada, it means the opposite of what you think it does, the bill is put forward for discussion rather than suspending discussion indefinitely.
- stormbrew 12y agoAlso, when we have a majority government as we do now, a bill that is tabled by the government will almost certainly pass.
- marssaxman 12y agoAs an American, "tabling" to mean suspending has always seemed backwards! We say "on the table" to describe possibilities we are considering and "off the table" to describe options which have been rejected, so I don't understand why people say "tabling" to mean "removing it from consideration".