The Budget Implementation Act Suspended and Budget Bill

budget bill: In all, almost 40 different pieces of legislation are being altered by the single bill tabled Friday. Ballot box: Should non-financial measures be included in a budget bill? Read Bill C-31, the Budget Implementation Act Suspended senators won't earn pension time under new rules Ottawa plans heavy fines for abuse of foreign worker program , according to CBC. The official Opposition NDP simply calls it a "monster." The latest Conservative omnibus bill weighs in at 359 pages and alters everything from the food and rail safety regimes to the Judges Act, the National Defence Act and the handling of temporary foreign workers. The government says it is designed to enact measures in last month's federal budget, and has christened the effort the "Harper Government Creating Jobs a Growth While Returning to Balanced Budgets With Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.