Vote No. 647

That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “hospital parking” the following:

(n) imposes three more job killing employment insurance tax hikes by 2016 taking an additional $4 billion out of the pockets of Canadians;

(o) does not provide a dedicated waste water infrastructure fund to help municipalities meet the new federal waste water regulations;

(p) fails to bring the provinces together to create a supplemental voluntary Canada Pension Plan;

(q) downloads new costs onto the provinces and territories to pay for job training;

(r) provides no new funding for critical water and wastewater needs in First Nations communities;

(s) fails to provide a comprehensive approach to addressing mental health needs of Canadians;

(t) fails to expand the scope of the Last Post Fund to include post-Korean War Veterans;

(u) fails to restore funding to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for search and rescue;

(v) fails to find the funding to keep open the Experimental Lakes Area, the world renowned freshwater research facility;

(w) fails to restore funding to the Interim Federal Health Program for refugee health care;

(x) did not renew the critical Extended Employment Insurance Benefits Pilot Project; and

(y) commits even more funding to wasteful partisan advertising.