It may be more common in other countries than you think. Canada's recent Conservative government got in the habit of using massive "omnibus" budget bills to pa

It may be more common in other countries than you think. Canada's recent Conservative government got in the habit of using massive "omnibus" budget bills to pass contentious laws alongside necessary budget legislation when they were a minority government that needed the support of opposition members of parliament to legislate. That government has just recently been replaced by a majority Liberal government, which is unlikely to continue the practice, as they no longer need opposition support to pass legislation. The ruling party has enough MPs that in practice the government should be able to do whatever it wants for the next four years.