OttawaWill the transport committee study the omnibus budget bill?Olivia Chow will table a motion at the transport committee today that would have the committee study "all transport and...
OttawaIt’s the opposition’s fault that these omnibus bills exist, apparentlyOn CBC radio’s The House this weekend, Evan Solomon interviewed Jim Flaherty. During that interview, Solomon raised Stephen...
OttawaIt turns out that omnibus budget bills can be splitThe Conservatives and the opposition parties unanimously agreed this morning to split MP pension reforms from the omnibus budget...
OttawaCounting pagesDuring QP yesterday, Jim Flaherty ventured the following. The budget bill tabled today measures something like 450 pages...
OttawaTake the Jim Flaherty Budget ChallengeBruce Cheadle finds a few discrepancies between the spring budget and the latest budget implementation bill . Postmedia and the...
OttawaThe Commons: Jim Flaherty challenges everyone to a reading contestThe Scene. Thomas Mulcair agreed with Stephen Harper. Just not now. Or at least not the version of Stephen Harper that was now in...
OttawaEverything that C-45 touchesIn all, C-45 , the second budget implementation act, amends or affects the Income Tax Act, Excise Tax Act, Jobs and Economic...
OttawaC-45: Meet the new omnibus budget billHere is C-45, the second budget implementation bill, which was tabled in the House about 20 minutes ago. As a pdf, it is 457-pages...
OttawaSon of OmnibusAtop the notice paper this morning, under "introduction of government bills," is the following. That is the official notice of the...
OttawaDebating democracyThe House is presently considering the Liberal motion on the use of omnibus legislation. Here again is the point of order from a...