’To allow C-38 to masquerade as a legitimate omnibus bill will bring our institutions into greater disrepute’
Elizabeth May has just risen in the House on a point of order to argue that C-38 is an "imperfect" bill—see Standing Order 68(3)...
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Budget Implementation Act
C-38: The procedural battle
As suggested last week, Elizabeth May, the Liberals and the Bloc MPs are apparently preparing to move approximately 200 amendments...
C-38: The Federation of Canadian Municipalities takes a stand
Open File Vancouver notes the FCM passed a motion this weekend calling on the Harper government to remove changes to the Fisheries...
C-38: Protest and power
Budget bill protests were organized this weekend in Victoria , Owen Sound , Waterloo , Penticton , Halifax , Winnipeg , Vancouver...
C-38 as literacy test
Environment Minister Peter Kent suggests criticism of the budget bill from four former ministers is based on misunderstanding. Tom...
Giving those other omnibus budget bills their due
Near the end of the finance committee hearings on Wednesday night, Conservative MP Shelly Glover spoke up to clarify a few...
The Commons: Peter Kent promises two hours of enlightenment, delivers only one
The Environment Minister is only so generous with his time
’Have you ever been a member of the NDP party?’
Erin Weir, an economist with the United Steelworkers, sends along the following video of his appearance before the finance...
C-38: Solving a problem that’s already been fixed?
Postmedia obtains documents that suggest the environmental assessment duplication that the budget bill is supposed to prevent is...
Studying C-38
As the budget implementation act makes it way through the finance committee, transcripts of the proceedings are finding their way...