The overreaches in the bill included a provision that would have allowed Finance Minister Bill Morneau to raise, lower or eliminate taxes through to Dec. 31, 2021. He also could have borrowed and spent endlessly on the crisis over the same time frame.
The contents of the bill leaked to several political reporters Monday night and opposition parties made it clear it was going too far. On Tuesday morning, the prime minister said he would remove the controversial tax section, but Bergen said the there was still far too much unchecked authority for the government.
“It was still chock full of power grabs. Everyone was talking about section two, that would give them what they wanted on tax until 2022. But there was more in the bill that didn’t provide accountability. We needed sunset clauses.”
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