House Of Commons Committees

Finance Committee Dept: It agreed to a Liberal proposal Wednesday to allow nine House of Commons committees not just the finance committee to examine different aspects of the 400-plus-page bill, which makes changes to some 60 pieces of legislation, according to Winnipeg Free Press. His motion did not receive the necessary unanimous consent and oTTAWA - The Harper government has made another small concession to allow greater scrutiny of its massive, omnibus budget implementation bill. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair pushed the government to go much further. He moved that the behemoth bill to be split into 12 separate legislative chunks, each to be voted on separately. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.