So there's some noise about the budget omnibus bill because it's basically the Harpo clowns ramming through a giant pile of legislation with no scrutiny at all.
This in and of itself is not
that crazy. In fact a series of jokes is based on just quoting Harper's complaints about the Liberals doing the same thing verbatim. But it's certainly a much more egregious example of such a bill.
I've been reading about it pretty frequently and though I had something of a handle on all the little "surprises" they were trying to bury in it. Boy was I wrong.
Today, in
another article on the Bill, the Globe mentions that the bill
"would allow American enforcement agents to arrest Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.".
Not only is this the first I've seen of this
anywhere, they mention this
totally in passing, with no elaboration whatsoever.
A quick search shows additional information in
just one article. That article is vague enough (well, it IS Yahoo) that it is not particularly reassuring.
Man, I don't know that this kind of bullshit will matter in the end, since Canadians seem like they'll stand for just about anything. But Jesus Tittyfucking Christ, at this rate it wouldn't surprise me if we woke up next week to hear press-gangs were legal again. And the press seems to have ENTIRELY missed/ignored what would be a big paper seller/ratings booster.
