Bill C-221, also known as the single-event sports betting bill, just can't seem to get a break.
Following second reading debate Thursday night, the bill will go up for a vote next Wednesday, if the Parliament sits that long.
Right now, MPs are sitting on a provisional basis until the Liberal government decides it has addressed its most pressing issues, and there is the possibility the House could rise at any time.
If that happens, Windsor West MP Brian Masse says the bill will face yet another delay.
"If we do not deal with it and send it to committee for the fall, then this bill will not be able to be brought back again for another four years," he says. "And, you will have to have the government bring it as part of a budget bill. So, organized crime, in the meantime, would get tens of billions of dollars in additional revenue."
If the vote doesn't take place before the House rises for the summer, the next window of opportunity is the first Wednesday of the fall session.
Masse admits the bill's tribulations, dying in the Senate after receiving approval in the House of Commons, and opposition from the ruling Liberals is frustrating. He says opposition to it, doesn't make sense especially now that support among professional sports organizations is growing.
"There's a lot of confusion with regards to why there was government opposition to begin with especially when the Liberals had supported this initiative when they weren't in government."
Masse has also argued the bill will create jobs, including the possibility of hundreds of new positions at Caesars Windsor and other betting venues.
The bill won't immediately legalize single-event sports betting, but will allow provinces and territories to adopt it if they want to. Masse says it would only change a section of the Criminal Code that dates back to betting during the colonial wars.