Finance committee  Well, we have not seen precedents in recent history, certainly since I've been here.

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  Legislation that is properly passed and that is in force—and that was the issue in this case, where there's no date of coming into force that's later—is in force as of the date of royal assent and becomes law. That is binding on the government and on citizens.

Finance committee  No, and nor would they, because I am the counsel to the legislative branch, not the executive branch.

Finance committee  I'm not aware. That's not information that I would have.

Finance committee  Legislation can be retroactive if Parliament so decides, but Parliament has to express that very clearly.

Finance committee  The government has signalled its intention to bring amendments. It has described what those would be about and it has talked about some application times in the communiqué, being the later of either November 1, 2021, or the date of publication of the final draft legislation. The

Finance committee  We have the statement and that's what's there. There's no other statement on that at this time.

Finance committee  One of the roles of the House, as recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada, is holding the government to account. Doing this, such as the committee is doing now or as the House would do when it is sitting, in question period, is to hold the government to account and to ask quest

Finance committee  The House has disciplinary power over all its members, and it's up to the House to determine whether any situation would warrant using those powers.

Finance committee  The June press release was not something we had seen before.

Finance committee  That's right.

Finance committee  Bill C‑208, which was passed by Parliament after three readings in the House and royal assent, is in force. So we are discussing introducing amendments. The news release does not propose to amend the bill in its entirety. A bill that would essentially undo what has been done an

Finance committee  Parliament has a fundamental constitutional role to play. The three roles that the House plays are recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada: legislating, deliberating and holding the government to account. Those are fundamental roles that the House plays and that Parliament as a

Finance committee  What I talked about is the practice that oftentimes when the government introduces proposed tax measures, it will start implementing them right away, and they are always subject to parliamentary approval. A government might announce that it will start to put it in place and imple