John McKay on Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2

In the House of Commons on October 30th, 2014. See this statement in context.

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2Government Orders

October 30th, 2014 / 3:50 p.m.

Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up on the hon. member's theme about all of the things that are hidden in this little gem of a budget.

I presented to the House Bill C-474, a transparency bill for the extractive sector. Lo and behold, the government in its wisdom defeated the bill, and now it has slipped that bill back into this omnibus legislation. I suppose I should be flattered. I could count that as maybe a half win. Nevertheless, the irony is quite resplendent. That bill demanded of the extractive sector accountability and transparency and was put in an omnibus bill of 586 pages, which has no accountability and no transparency.

Would the member care to comment on all of these little “gems” that are hidden in this legislation, which make it difficult for members to vote reasonably?

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