What really happened to the Conservative Crime Bills in the Senate

The Harper government introduced 21 justice bills. Of the five that passed the House of Commons and came to the Senate:

- Two passed the Senate without amendment.

- One (the so-called Serious Time for the Most Serious Crime bill) was tabled in the Senate in November, but not brought forward by the government for any further action after that. It died with prorogation.

- One bill was passed with four amendments and returned to the House of Commons, which did not deal with it before Parliament was prorogued.

- One was being studied in committee when Parliament was prorogued, at which time all committee work shut down.

There were also two justice bills that the government chose to initiate in the Senate. One was passed by the Senate after 14 days. The other was tabled in the Senate on April 1, but the government chose not to bring it forward even for debate after that. It died with prorogation.

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