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Grits, Green to table 200 amendments on feds’ omnibus budget bill, expect 60 hours of House roll call votes
The government’s sweeping Budget Implementation Act will change 70 laws, but opposition MPs plan to fight it.
Calling the federal government’s massive omnibus Budget Implementation Bill “an abuse of power,” the Liberals and Green Party have joined forces and plan to table more than 200 amendments when the bill is returned from the Finance Committee to the Commons Chamber floor at report stage, possibly as early as this week, setting off between 50 to 60 consecutive hours of roll call House voting in which MPs must stay in their seats around the clock or risk losing votes.
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Grits, Green to table 200 amendments on feds’ omnibus budget bill, expect 60 hours of House roll call votes
The government’s sweeping Budget Implementation Act will change 70 laws, but opposition MPs plan to fight it.
Calling the federal government’s massive omnibus Budget Implementation Bill “an abuse of power,” the Liberals and Green Party have joined forces and plan to table more than 200 amendments when the bill is returned from the Finance Committee to the Commons Chamber floor at report stage, possibly as early as this week, setting off between 50 to 60 consecutive hours of roll call House voting in which MPs must stay in their seats around the clock or risk losing votes.
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