 Posted: Thu 9:14, 29 Aug 2013 Post subject: Flaherty Promises No Surprises In Spring's Round 2 |
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| Flaherty Promises No Surprises In Spring's Round 2
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty put on his best poker face Wednesday as he insisted the Conservative government's next budget implementation bill wouldn't contain any unexpected surprises. Flaherty's second budget bill,giuseppe zanotti sale, to be introduced Thursday, is believed to contain measures to reform MP and public sector pensions, as well as a host of tax changes. But that's it,parajumpers parka sale, the minister insisted. Last spring's controversial omnibus legislation, denounced by critics as a "Trojan horse" bill,Duvetica down jackets, amended dozens of laws and included provisions not mentioned at all in the budget, like an end to oversight for the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency. Critics fear the next bill will be no different,cheap Soccer Shoes sale. "Last spring, Conservatives presented a bill that not only killed more jobs than it created, it weakened environmental protection, gutted the Fisheries Act and further cut EI to Canadians,cheap Soccer Shoes," NDP MP Nathan Cullen said during question period. "Across the country people were clear,parajumpers sale, this is not how Parliament should work." The Conservatives defended the use of omnibus legislation in the spring as a legitimate tool to ensure speedy passage of economic measures and have argued that bill received extensive debate. That wasn't enough for the opposition, which introduced hundreds of amendments to the bill as a form of protest, forcing a marathon 24-hour voting session in hopes of drawing awareness to the government's tactics. The Tories accused them of stonewalling economic measures but NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said they were just doing their jobs - and will do so again if necessary,Nike Soccer Shoes online. Without the amendments, most Canadians wouldn't have known about the changes to EI, old Age Security or environmental legislation, Mulcair said. "So you can be sure that we will be doing that again if indeed they surprise us by not having a budget bill that deals only with job creation,duvetica online," Mulcair said. The fact that changes to MP pensions will be included in the implementation bill will require a political balancing act for opposition parties who could be seen as protecting their own pocketbooks if they refuse to vote in favour,discount Giuseppe Zanotti Shoes. "We're quite happy to see members paying more into their pension plan, quite happy to see changes that make the pension plan more fiscally sustainable and more responsible," said interim Liberal leader Bob Rae. "How we vote on the whole legislation will obviously depend on the whole legislation,Adidas Soccer Shoes." The opposition had asked the Conservatives to hive off the provisions relating to MP pensions into a separate piece of legislation, but the government refused. A committee of Conservative backbenchers is crafting the pension reforms, which are expected to include boosting MPs' contribution rate to 50 per cent from 14 per cent and raising the age of eligibility to 65 from 55. I think that Harper's pattern has by now become predictable: suppress all dissent, muzzle all MPs and ministers,Nike Soccer Shoes, take advantage of dubious parliamentary processes that may be in the strictest sense be "legal", but in usage are most unconventional ( the multiple prorogations for his own partisan purposes; his brow-beating of the new and untried Gov. Gen. Michaele Jean for such purposes: all of which add up to Contempt of Parliament. Which has in fact been the charge - as if Harper cared!); and tackle every legislative initiative as if playing a zero sum game. The omnibus "budget" bills fit that template perfectly. What's most disturbing about the "zero sum" Harper mentality is the daunting prospect of the newly-elected PQ Quebec government. IF it should ever come to anther referendum,parajumpers long bear parka, do we want a prime minister playing All-or-Nothing with the Quebec population? I shudder to think of the blood on the floor. Harper's game may just be The End Game for Canada. "Mr. which would include every single proposed piece of legislation for the session. . Speaker,http://parajumpersparka.webmium.com/, I would argue that the subject matter of the bill is so diverse that a single vote on the content would put members in conflict with their own principles. First, there is a lack of relevancy of these issues. The omnibus bills we have before us attempt to amend several different existing laws. Second, in the interest of democracy I ask: How can members represent their constituents on these various areas when they are forced to vote in a block on such legislation and on such concerns? We can agree with some of the measures but oppose others,cheap nike shoes sale. How do we express our views and the views of our constituents when the matters are so diverse,giuseppe zanotti pumps? 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