OttawaCounting the days on C-45The House is scheduled to be on break for the week of November 12 and the New Democrats and Liberals are thus concerned that the...
OttawaIs ’omnibus’ a bad word now?A recent poll from Forum Research. Within that sample, only 33% of Conservative supporters agreed that government’s should be...
Ottawa’A complete dog’s breakfast’Ralph Goodale’s contribution to the C-45 debate. The Conservatives passed a motion of time allocation yesterday that will limit...
OttawaAn outbreak of democracyThe CBC says the Conservatives will allow various parts of C-45 , the latest budget implementation act, to be studied at the...
OttawaNavigable waters and the environmentOf the changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act that are included in the latest budget implementation act, the Conservatives...
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...
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...