OTTAWA — Federal plans to speedily approve legislation freeing up billions in aid to help Canadians weather the COVID−19 pandemic have been held up over Opposition objections that the Trudeau government is attempting a power grab.
An emergency sitting Tuesday of the House of Commons was suspended moments after it began as Conservatives balked at provisions that would give the government sweeping powers to unilaterally spend, borrow and change taxation levels without Parliament’s approval for the next 21 months.
