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Podcast: The Rodgers Brief
Episode: How a Bill Fails to Become a Law - the Nova Scotia Police Identity Management Act
Description: A CTV news report from earlier this week revealed that the legislation designed to keep police clothing and gear out of the hands of criminals has not yet been enacted. The Police Identity Management Act was drafted in response to the Nova Scotia mass casualty of April 18-19, 2020, where the killer was disguised as a police officer, and driving a replica RCMP car. I have reviewed the legislation, and have a sense of why it has not yet been enacted. The normal course of legislation development, or how a bill becomes a law, starts with the legislation going through t...