The recently passed federal budget bill modifying dozens of acts contains a provision that will further the digitization of the border. Bill C-47, which runs close to 400 pages, received royal assent on June 22 and modifies the Customs Acts to “allow a person arriving in Canada to present themselves to the Canada Border Services…
House Passes Feds’ Budget Bill Following Lengthy Tory Filibuster
MPs in the House of Commons have passed the Liberal government’s Budget Implementation Act following a filibuster by the federal Conservatives that lasted several weeks. The NDP and Liberals voted against the opposing Tories and Bloc Quebecois to pass Bill C-47 through the House of Commons by a vote of 177-146, sending it to the…
Poilievre Gives Nearly 4-Hour Speech in House to Delay Vote on Budget Bill
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave a nearly four-hour speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday night to delay a vote on the Liberal government’s Bill C-47, or Budget Implementation Act, which the Tories have been vocal against for its deficit spending measures. Poilieve began his speech on June 7 just after 8 p.m. and…
Poilievre Vows to Keep Delaying Budget’s Passage Until Feds Introduce Anti-Inflation Plan
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre vowed while addressing his party’s caucus that he will keep delaying the federal government’s omnibus budget bill from passing in the House of Commons until cabinet introduces a plan to cut deficits and bring down inflation. “Today I am announcing that I will be on my feet at roughly 7…
Tories Filibustering Budget Bill to Prevent Future Mortgage Payment Crisis, Says Poilievre
The federal Conservatives have been delaying a committee vote on the Liberal government’s omnibus budget bill over the past month in a bid to help prevent a nationwide mortgage-payment crisis from occurring by 2025, says Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre said during a press conference in Ottawa on June 5 that he believes the federal…
Conservatives on Finance Committee Resume Filibuster of Liberals’ Budget Bills
The federal Conservatives resumed their filibuster of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget bill on May 25, with MPs seeking more testimony from relevant witnesses, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. “I don’t know why these Liberals want to make things so difficult for Canadians just to simply get the facts and understand the reality of the budget….
Air Passenger Complaints Balloon to a Record 46,000, Senate Committee Hears
The federal backlog of air passenger complaints regarding poor service has reached an all-time high of 46,000, a figure equivalent to a three-year wait, based on data from the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). “Unfortunately we have quite a big backlog,” France Pégeot, chief executive officer of the CTA, said in his testimony at the Senate…
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