Mr. Speaker, every budget “contains a broad range of provisions”. I did not think I would hear the Prime Minister quoting Stephen Harper.
I am sorry, but by the Prime Minister's own definition, this is an omnibus bill. What is the word for that? Oh, yes. The word is hypocrisy.
The bill would change the PBO, a critical watchdog the Prime Minister once said must have “independent strength, to offer the check and balance to a government.” The Prime Minister's omnibus bill would completely gut that independent strength of the PBO. That is something from a guy who used to admit that checks and balances were essential, because the “prime minister with a majority is more powerful...than any Western leader.”
Why is this Prime Minister gutting the power to hold him to account?