Budget-related bills should focus on budget-related matters

For many years, and across multiple governments, budget implementation bills have contained a litany of legislative items unconnected to the budget, but which were placed there for convenience or efficiency.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a copy of the 2023 budget document. This year's Budget Implementation Act was the latest example of a growing problem of omnibus budget bills that contain a wide range of matters unrelated to the actual budget, writes Senator Scott Tannas.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CSG SENATOR SCOTT TANNAS

August 21, 2023

What do cosmetic tests on animals, money laundering, and King Charles III have in common? Nothing, except that each was covered in last spring’s Budget Implementation Act, an omnibus bill that ran over 400 pages and included dozens of non-budget related legislative changes...

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