The effect of the amendment was to eliminate
the mandatory oral hearing held by the Parole Board du Canada for reviews following the suspension, termination or revocation of parole or statutory release.
As detailed in this post at SCOTUSblog, on Tuesday morning the Supreme Court will
hear oral argument in United States v. O'Brien and Burgess, a combined pair of cases concerning the application of the machine - gun
mandatory minimum sentencing enhancement of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c).