expected to be introduced later this morning after party leader Pierre Poilievreinexplicably failed to introduce an amendment at the close of his response to the budget yesterday afternoon.
“Traditionally the official Opposition leader has proposed the main budget amendment,” the Star notes.
“The Bloc Québécois seized on the unexpected opening to swiftly present notice of their own motion to amend the budget — which now becomes the main proposed change to the document — as Conservatives scrambled to fix the oversight.