section_path: Prorogation of Parliament
section_name: Prorogation of Parliament
paragraph_text: Prorogation of Parliament
  
  As part of his resignation, Trudeau also announced that Governor General Mary Simon would prorogue Parliament until 24 March 2025. As a result, a revised version of the Online Harms Act, the Electoral Participation Act, and proposed increases to Canada's capital gains tax all died on the order paper, among 22 other government bills.
  
  Two citizens challenged the prorogation in the Federal Court. Citing the decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2019 which held that Prime Minister Boris Johnson 's attempted prorogation of the British Parliament was unconstitutional (R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland), they argued that Trudeau's decision to prorogue the Canadian Parliament was equally unconstitutional. On January 18, 2025, the Chief Justice of the Federal Court Paul S. Crampton granted a motion to expedite the hearing timelines to preserve the possibility that a ruling that the prorogation would not be completely moot, and scheduled hearing dates for February 13 and 14, 2025.
  
  On March 6, 2025, the Federal Court dismissed the case. Crampton found that the prorogation decision was justiciable, but declined to adopt Miller II. He ruled that the prime minister does not need to give justification or reasons for their advice to prorogue, unless the case involved transgressions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The decision to prorogue instead of calling an election was a political choice and not subject to judicial review by the courts. The applicants conceded that Trudeau had the confidence of the House at the time of prorogation. Crampton found that they had failed to prove if and when a motion of no confidence would occur. In any case, Crampton also ruled that the applicants failed to prove that the prorogation was solely for partisan reasons, as Trudeau had publicly cited parliamentary gridlock over the release of privileged documents as a reason.