Prior to the government falling, the Liberals warned Canadians for weeks that should they go down, a number of key bills would go down with them.

But surprisingly thanks to a flurry of last-minute cooperation from all parties, very few high-profile bills have died on the order paper.

Following is a list of legislation rushed through with all-party consent.

Energy-cost assistance

C-66: An act to authorize payments to provide assistance in relation to energy costs, housing energy consumption and public transit infrastructure, and to make consequential amendments to certain acts.

This bill would provide cheques of $125 or $250 in about 3.1 million payments totalling $565 million, in an effort to help lower-income Canadians cope with rising energy costs.

Received first reading in the House of Commons on Oct. 6. Given royal assent on Nov. 25.

Whistleblower protection

C-11: An act to establish a procedure for the disclosure of wrongdoings in the public sector, including the protection of persons who disclose the wrongdoings.

This bill would protect civil servants who alerted the government of wrongdoing in their department without compromising their positions.

The proposed legislation covers all federal public sector employees, including those in Crown Corporations. It requires heads of federal organizations to establish an internal disclosure mechanism and calls for the establishment of a code of conduct.

Treasury Board President Reg Alcock, who reintroduced the legislation, told reporters the new bill includes significant revisions and is much tougher than the one that died last spring when the last election was called.

Passed by the House of Commons. Given royal assent on Nov. 25.

Telemarketing bill

C-37: An act to amend the Telecommunications Act.

The unsolicited telecommunications bill would reduce the volume of unsolicited telemarketing calls Canadians receive at home by preventing telemarketers from phoning households on a do-not-call list.

If the bill becomes law, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will have the power to levy substantial penalties against telemarketers who do not follow the rules.

Passed by the House of Commons. Given royal assent on Nov. 25.

Human trafficking

C-49: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons).

The proposed amendments would prohibit human trafficking; prohibit persons from benefiting economically from trafficking in persons; prohibit the withholding or destroying of identity, immigration or travel documents to facilitate the trafficking of persons.

Passed by the House of Commons. Given royal assent on Nov. 25.

Toughening drug penalties

C-53: This bill targets illegal proceeds of crime, particularly from drug offences. The law puts a reverse onus of someone convicted of either a criminal organization offence or certain drug offences to show that property they purchase wasn't funded by proceeds from crime.

First reading was in May. Given royal assent on Nov. 25

First Nations and oil and gas

C-54: This bill gives first nations new options to manage oil and gas exploration on their land and the revenues stemming from them.

First reading was in June. Given royal assent on Nov. 25.

Wage-earner protection

C-55: Creates the Wage Earner Protection Program, to provide compensation of up to $3,000 per worker in the event a company declares bankruptcy.

First reading was in June. Received royal assent on Nov. 25.

Bills that died

Of the bills that died, critics argue the Liberals tabled some legislation without hope it would pass, just so they could say in the election campaign that they did it.

Perhaps the only high-profile exception to this is the bill to decriminalize marijuana.

Marijuana decriminalization

C-17: An act to amend the Contraventions Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts.

Under this proposed legislation, people caught with small quantities of marijuana would receive fines instead of criminal sentences.

Maximum sentences for the most serious, large-scale operations would double to 14 years under the proposed reforms. If the operation is located in a residential area, the courts would have to justify not imposing imprisonment.

Received first reading in the House of Commons on Nov. 1 and referred to committee on Nov. 2.

Other legislation to die

On Nov. 25, the government introduced a few new bills, such as Bill C-82, which would toughen penalties for gun crimes, and C-83, which would ban bulk drug exports.

However, since the government was almost certain to fall in a non-confidence vote on Nov. 28, the introduction of these bills was largely for show.

In addition, some spending initiatives will technically die because the government will have fallen before the supplementary estimates could have been passed on Dec. 8.

Here are some of those measures:

• Approving $100 million to compensate farmers for the mad-cow crisis; and
• Another $220 million in increased Old Age Security payments and guaranteed income supplement payments.

However, the government can still pass those measures using special warrants.

There are still many low-profile pieces of legislation left hanging.

A complete list of bills before Parliament -- and what their status is -- can be found at the LEGISInfo website.