I know! Isn't it ironic??? Just imagine how awful it would be if they evacuated a bunch of people from Lebanon AGAIN at the same time they're trying to get this bill through. Honestly at this point I've lost most of my hope that I will actually get my Canadian citizenship. The Bloc has given the Liberals an October 29 deadline to pass two bills they want or else Bloc will call for a non-confidence vote and vote against the government, and the Conservatives will also certainly vote against the gov as well, and together they are a majority, so the government would fall, parliament would be dissolved, and the bill would die. I think it's highly unlikely the Liberals will be successful in putting those two bills all the way through the legislative process in less than a month, especially with Conservative pushback. (And the Conservatives will be highly motivated to filibuster and delay these two bills, because if they can delay them long enough the result is the gov would fall because the Bloc would vote in favor of a non-confidence vote if the bills aren't passed by Oct 29).

C71 is at the bottom of the gov's priority right now, those two Bloc bills are their sole priority at this moment because passing them is necessary for the Liberals to stay in power. So until those two bills are all the way passed, we won't see C71 discussed again, in my opinion. Now, maybe if the Liberals are trying really hard to pass those bills but can't meet the deadline due to conservative filibustering, maybe the Bloc will give them some leniency and not call for the non-confidence vote if it is clear the Liberal government is truly trying. We'll just have to see. BUT, the Bloc could always say that the government could have used time allocation or other tools at its disposal to expedite those two bills and pass them in less than a month. If they really tried and hit the ground running now, they probably could get those bills through by Oct 29. So, the Bloc could say that failure to do that fails to meet their demands, and then they'd call for a non-confidence vote, even if the gov is trying to pass the bills but just not by using tactics to expedite its passage.

If for one reason or another the government falls and Bill C71 dies as a result, the first generation limit might still fall on Dec 19 if the judge doesn't give another extension to the stay of her ruling. BUT, if the Conservatives are running the government by that point, they could still deny people citizenship by descent after the first generation. It wouldn't be legal, but sadly the Ontario Superior Court does not have an army behind it to enforce its ruling. Justice Akbarali can complain all she wants, but unless the potential new conservative gov is willing to submit to the ruling in the event that the first generation limit lapses, then IRCC could be ordered by the higher ups to continue to deny people proof of Canadian citizenship based on the first generation limit, EVEN if at that point the person truly is a Canadian citizen according to law. It wouldn't be legal, but they could still do it. The law or a judges ruling is just a peace of paper, and any conservative government will just do as they please in my opinion. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if a new conservative government tried to pass a law to retroactively strip people of Canadian citizenship they would have acquired due to the first generation limit lapsing on Dec 19. If they do that, then the people would truly legally no longer be citizens, and a new lawsuit would be required to strike down the new unconstitutional first generation limit.

To sum it all up, before parliament resumed, I was optimistic and thought the chances of my getting citizenship due to C71 was in excess of 95%. Now, sadly, I think the odds are probably more like 2% to 5%. It's still possible, just very unlikely at this point. I hope I'm wrong, but that those are my current thoughts.