Rick Mercer on the Omnibus bill

The Omnibus bill, C-45 the Jobs and Growth Act is the Finance bill often referred to by the Idle No More movement (IDM).

But this is not the first time that it has been brought up.  Rick Mercer commented on this bill and why it is a concern to Canadians and the democratic process.  Mercer mentions that the Prime Minster argued against Omnibus style bills in 1994. 

The Honorable Joseph A Day from the Senate reiterates the comments made by Mercer in the Canadian senate during the second reading of the Omnibus bill.

Hon. Joseph A. Day:

"However, honourable senators, in order for the omnibus bill to move through quickly, governments in the past have decided that, "Well, there are only a few of them initially, so, okay, we will just tie it in with finance. We know that budget implementation and finance have to be moved through quickly, so we can just tie these other ones in there. They will not get a full hearing as a result, and they will move them through nice and quickly."
That is how this began. It was something that maybe innocently began when there were not enough to have a standalone omnibus bill. However, honourable senators, this has grown into something very serious. I have spoken on this in the past, and many others have, as well." from the Liberal Senate Forum

I will examine how it affects First Nations in later posts.

Rick Mercer can give you his opinion himself.