Mega bills happen in Canada too. Lots of random stuff is snuck into budget bills, often for similar reasons -- especially in minority parliaments. It allows a k

Mega bills happen in Canada too. Lots of random stuff is snuck into budget bills, often for similar reasons -- especially in minority parliaments. It allows a kind of brinksmanship; approve the budget or we have an election you'll lose seats in. Harper was particularly fond of them, since most of his term was in a very confrontational minority government.