On the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada, the Governor General (the Queen\’s representative in Canada) dissolved the 40th Parliament on Saturday May 26th of this year. We are now in a general election campaign. Election Day is May 2nd.
Dissolution brings to an end all business before both houses of Parliament. All government bills and private members\’ bills are terminated and, to be resurrected, will need to be re-introduced in the next Parliament.
The upshot is that Joe Comartin\’s bill to liberalize sports betting laws in Canada, discussed here and here, is now dead. We will have to wait and see what the membership of the House of Commons looks like after the election and whether Mr. Comartin (if re-elected) will re-introduce the measure.