Madam Speaker, I thank the Minister of Finance, as always, for the quality of his French, but also for his speech.
The minister addressed certain things but forgot some others. We will have occasion to get back to the financial basis of things, but he forgot one of the most fundamental things, namely the very nature of this bill. It extends to over 300 pages and has some 20 divisions. It is clearly therefore an omnibus bill.
However, the Minister of Finance and his 180 colleagues sitting here in the House made the following commitment on page 32 of their electoral platform: “We will not resort to legislative tricks to avoid scrutiny.” The reference made there was to omnibus bills.
Why is the Minister of Finance tabling a budget implementation act containing measures that have nothing to do with the budget?
Why table an omnibus bill when he made a commitment not to do so in the election campaign?