Trudeau breaks another promise

[Rwede]

PM breaks another promise

Dan Albas - Apr 13, 2017 / 11:00 am | Story: 194375


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals have ticked off another item on their bucket list of broken promises.

They set the stage for the latest on Tuesday night in Ottawa. With only three hours notice, the Liberal government invited parliamentarians for a technical presentation on the upcoming 2017 Budget Implementation Act, also known as the BIA.

Once I arrived for the presentation, it became very clear the reasons why. In spite of promising Canadians that the Liberal government would not use omnibus legislation, the new Liberal BIA is a textbook example of an omnibus bill.

An omnibus bill is legislation that seeks to amend, repeal or enact several Acts, and is often characterized by the fact that it has a multiple number of separate initiatives that may be only loosely connected to the actual intent of the original bill, in this case the budget.

As an example, in this Liberal BIA, it is proposed to weaken the independence of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (known in Ottawa as the PBO), a measure not related to the spending of funds outlined in the budget but rather a measure by the Liberals to weaken scrutiny of the spending.

A disappointing but not surprising result given that the Liberals have been embarrassed by the PBO’s previous reports that famously exposed Liberal efforts to manipulate and hide the fact that they inherited a balanced budget from the previous Conservative government or the recent PBO report revealing the Liberal`s slow and disjointed infrastructure spending.

Critics oppose omnibus bills arguing that with so much widely varied content an omnibus bill cannot receive the required parliamentary scrutiny for the many varied clauses.

Another criticism is that some measures within an omnibus bill may be widely supported but other measures may be strongly opposed. In this case, weakening the independence of the PBO would never stand as a single bill however it can more easily slip through in an omnibus bill where it will receive less scrutiny.

While the criticism against omnibus bills is certainly valid and should not be overlooked, I believe there is also another perspective that is deserving of consideration. A government in challenging economic times has an obligation to enact as many measures as it believes is reasonably required to continue to build a stronger and more prosperous Canada.

Within any legislative or parliamentary precinct there is a limited amount of time available that can also be subject to opposition delay tactics.

Government`s propose many of these measures because it believes they are beneficial to the citizens it collectively represents. In my view it is not unreasonable to use an omnibus bill for the purposes of enacting broad based legislation in areas supporting the economy, public safety, the environment or trade as a few examples.

In this case, I am not faulting the Liberal government for using an omnibus budget bill such as this. Where I do take issue with the Liberals is that they committed to Canadians they would not use omnibus bills.

They promised they would outright change the House rules to technically eliminate them.

It was the Liberals choice to promise this during the election and their choice to table such a bill, regardless whether our rules allow for them or not.

As with the promise to enact electoral reform or to return to a balanced budget by 2019, Canadians are witnessing a disturbing pattern of broken promises that were made to Canadians by this Liberal Government with little to no regard for keeping those promises.

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[JagXKR]

https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/19 ... neutrality

And here's another broken promise.

The federal government stands to raise as much as $280 million in revenue off provincial carbon taxes in Alberta and B.C. in the next two years despite claims carbon taxes would be revenue neutral for Ottawa.

Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna have long insisted Ottawa would collect no revenue from the carbon price the federal government is requiring the provinces and territories impose by 2018.

[maryjane48]

i love omnibus as long as its not a conservative govt doing it . then i would dislike it

[alfred2]

i love omnibus as long as its not a conservative govt doing it . then i would dislike it

you dislike anything tha t makes common sense. omni bill are needed to pass important parliament.

[Dawggss]

Sad state of affairs. This organized campaign attacking anything non-conservative or right wing is so blatant.
It is becoming tedious, especially if one reads the historical postings of certain individuals in this forum as a whole - predictability can be boring.
The dogmatic agenda does not appear to seek debate or discussion or proposals to advance society - rather it appears to demean certain viewpoints in the guise of 'news', often from questionable sources.
So much for common societal values.
Too bad.

[JagXKR]

So you are ok with these 2 broken promises? Pretty big especially the one I posted, financially that is. Only 2 provinces so far have this eco terrorist tax. Now all will be mandated to have it by 2018 and provinces like Ontario, with their massive population will dwarf the $280 million of Alberta and BC. Add the population of Quebec and those 2 together are more than 4 times that of the 2 current eco terrorist tax provinces. But I guess bashing the left with facts is a bad thing. Funny how the word hypocrite comes to mind when I here left wing nuts complain about attacks. Was a huge part of this site for the entire Conservative terms.
But then again myopic views cannot look backwards in time.

[maryjane48]

So you are ok with these 2 broken promises? Pretty big especially the one I posted, financially that is. Only 2 provinces so far have this eco terrorist tax. Now all will be mandated to have it by 2018 and provinces like Ontario, with their massive population will dwarf the $280 million of Alberta and BC. Add the population of Quebec and those 2 together are more than 4 times that of the 2 current eco terrorist tax provinces. But I guess bashing the left with facts is a bad thing. Funny how the word hypocrite comes to mind when I here left wing nuts complain about attacks. Was a huge part of this site for the entire Conservative terms.
But then again myopic views cannot look backwards in time.

how is preventing toxification of our air ecoterrorism ? mt polley has water for free they giving away grab yourself few gallons

[JagXKR]

Carbon dioxide is a natural substance that you breath in everyday not a toxin. Go back to school.