Carney’s Hidden Power Grab? The Bill They Didn’t Want You to Notice
Buried inside a 634-page budget implementation bill, the Carney government’s Bill C-15 contains a little-noticed provision that could allow federal ministers to grant exemptions from almost any non-criminal Canadian law.That means potential exemptions from:The Income Tax ActThe Canada Health ActEnvironmental regulationsLabour standardsFederal regulatory requirementsAnd those exemptions could be granted to individuals, corporations, or organizations, based largely on a minister’s opinion and what they consider to be in the “public interest.”The government says the new powers are designed to…
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