Government House leader Peter Van Loan said Sunday that the government would reintroduce the two measures through the Senate, even though most legislation starts in the Commons. On Monday, officials declined to explain the unusual tactic or to say when it might happen.
Earlier this year, a special Senate committee chaired by Liberal Senator David Smith recommended the measures be extended for three years, just as Liberal Leader Stephane Dion was ordering his Commons caucus to vote them down on civil liberties grounds.
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NDP justice critic Joe Comartin said his party would not support the bill.
"Right now it does not appear to meet the basic requirements we would want," he said. "I think they're simply responding with the absolute least amount that they feel they can get away with to fulfil the Supreme Court of Canada decision."
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