NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen: Budget Legislation

Employment Insurance Dept: NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen said his party is putting forward a motion in Parliament to have the government split up the legislation into sections that can be examined by Commons committees and voted on separately, according to The Star. The bill to implement the March 29 budget is one of the longest pieces of omnibus legislation brought in by the Conservatives. It contains changes to dozens of federal statutes, including laws on environmental protection , Employment Insurance , border security , immigration, pensions , national parks, foreign aid, fisheries and other initiatives and oTTAWA Calling the Conservatives sweeping budget legislation a Trojan horse that will change laws for a generation, the New Democrats are formally asking the federal government to break up the 400-page bill. It is inappropriate to put so many sweeping changes to so many different areas in the budget bill, Cullen told the media Monday. A bad budget lasts a year. These implementations will last perhaps a generation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.