Ontario PCs Pass Budget Bill That Makes Government Immune To Most Lawsuits

By Emma Paling

The schedule will make it virtually impossible to sue the government, lawyers say.

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government passed its budget bill Wednesday, a massive piece of legislation that one lawyer called “contrary to our democratic system.”

The 194-page Protecting What Matters Most Act enforces the government’s spending plan while amending 199 other laws all at once. MPPs got feedback on it for two days during hearings at the finance committee.

The government “corrupted” Ontario’s legislative process by jamming so many amendments into one bill and therefore avoiding debate on specifics, Michael Bryant, executive director and general counsel at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, told HuffPost Canada.

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Opinion:

Another illegal act by Ontario PC party.

Don't stop where the ink does.