As edification for the study the researcher will be doing on implementation bills, I'm going to read from a Library of Parliament document on the financial cycle of Parliament, which might have some interesting information on this topic we're discussing.
It talks about the budget. There has to be a ways and means motion for the spending in the budget. On the budget implementation bill, there's a short section that states:
To implement various measures associated with the budget, the government introduces budget implementation bills. As with other legislation, these bills are given three readings in the House of Commons and the Senate and are referred for review by committee—usually the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance and the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance.
There are often two budget implementation bills associated with a given budget, one in the spring and one in the fall, and changes to taxation announced in the budget are usually included in budget implementation bills rather than in separate tax bills.
The size of the budget implementation bills and the inclusion of items not related to the budget have been the subject of discussion.
Yes, Mr, Christopherson?