Vote #449 on June 15th, 2015

C-59 An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures

That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“this House decline to give third reading to Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures, because it:

( a) introduces income splitting and supersized Tax-Free Savings Account measures that will primarily benefit the wealthy few while wasting billions of dollars;

( b) does not introduce a $15 per hour minimum wage or create a universal, affordable childcare program, both of which would support the working and middle class families who actually need help;

( c) leaves Canadian interns without protections against excessive working hours, sexual harassment, and an unending cycle of unpaid work;

( d) sets a dangerous precedent for Canadians’ right to know by making retroactive changes to absolve the government of its role in potential violations of access-to-information laws; and

( e) attacks the right to free and fair collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers.”.

See context in the Debates.