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Originally Posted by Rerun
The fact is that for the most part, once bills to go multi-party committees, they tend to get delayed, changed, watered down, etc and it generally takes another year or more before they even make it back to parliament. Plus there are a limited number of committees so no way can they study/debate everything simutaneously.
If Harper broke this omnibus bill into multiple separate bills, there is no way would everything be passed into law before the next election.... which is exactly what the opposition parties, for the most part, would love to see happen and what Harper is trying to avoid.
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And yet, with less than a handful of exceptions, until Harper, Governments avoided omnibus bills and allowed Parliament to actual debate legislation while somehow managing to govern.
Because you support Harper you make an excuse for him. The truth is that there is no real justification for his approach except to stifle debate.
Canadians still don't know the full implications of his last omnibus bill.