Ottawa’Without ever bringing a plan to Parliament’Seven years ago, the Liberal government of the day tabled a budget implementation act that included legislation related to the...
Ottawa’This is supposedly a budget implementation bill, but in fact, it is a mishmash of things’The Harper government is using the budget implementation act to give itself new, unexplained powers to regulate employment...
OttawaThe quiet cutsThe Federal Tobacco Control Strategy is being cut, trade consulates will be closed, a coalition of organizations that deal with...
OttawaThe trouble with the budget billFrom her post-QP scrum today, Elizabeth May laments the budget implementation bill. There are calls to have the environmental...
OttawaUnpacking the budget billAs noted yesterday, the budget implementation bill tabled yesterday by the Conservatives numbers 431 pages of...
OttawaThe budget bill: this year’s behemothHere is the budget implementation bill just tabled in the House this morning. As a file, it measures 1.8Mb. As a document, it...
OttawaUnidentified fiscal objectsTony Clement says —while participating in an open government conference—that the Harper government won’t be able to detail the...
OttawaChecking Jim Flaherty’s mathScott Clark and Peter DeVries pan the budget. They also don’t think the Harper government will meet its latest projections for a...
OttawaHealth care cutsAbout 840 jobs might be cut at Health Canada, while the National Aboriginal Health Organization’s funding has been eliminated .