PARLIAMENT HILL—A new poll has found an overwhelming majority of Canadians say the government should not be allowed to use omnibus bills, rolling amendments of several unrelated laws into one massive volume of legislation, as the Conservative government is doing with an array of measures they say stem from last spring’s federal budget. The Forum Research poll, conducted last weekend after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (Whitby-Oshawa, Ont.) tabled a second massive budget implementation bill, found 64 per cent
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