Justin Trudeau and Budget Bills

Liberal Leader: However Thursday bill continues the pattern of jamming budget bills with a wide-range of substantive measures, including entirely new laws, according to Globe and Mail. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is proposing a tax hike for the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians and an income tax cut for the middle class. The budget bill tabled Thursday, C-59, has 157 numbered pages, which is less than half the size of both budget bills tabled last year. But the Conservative government and the New Democrats say the policy doesn't add up. Critics have long opposed the government approach to omnibus budget bills, arguing that including major new measures all in one bill means that the individual changes do not receive the same thorough Parliamentary scrutiny that they would have received had they been introduced as a piece of standalone legislation. CP Video Video Video: Justin Trudeau economic plan comes under fire Video Video: Ontario big budget question: Where to find $8.5-billion Video Video: The federal budget impact on your wallet Bill C-59 includes the government long-promised balanced budget legislation, as well as a new law called the Prevention of Terrorist Travel Act, which restricts the release of intelligence used by government to cancel a passport on national security grounds. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.