Bill C-38: is it time for critics of the Bill to move on?

Hours after Speaker Andrew Scheer grouped more than 800 amendments proposed by the opposition and averted a marathon voting session that could have delayed passage of Bill C-38, the NDP have pulled another procedural maneuver out of the hat.

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The Globe and Mail is reporting New Democrat house leader Nathan Cullen has raised a point of privilege accusing the Harper government of deliberately withholding information about how many public servants will lose their jobs as a result of Bill C-38.

Cullen suggests that the so-called omnibus budget bill will violate the privilege of MPs because they will be required to vote blindly on legislation when the government has not released all of the facts.

The latest political tactic by the NDP could further delay the vote on the controversial 425-page bill that amends 60 different acts, repeals a half dozen others and weakens environmental regulations and oversight.

Cullen told the Globe that his party will do everything in its power to delay its passage.

"If we send the signal to the Conservatives that they can get away with this kind of thing, they'll do it again," he said. "If you allow the bully to keep bullying, they'll be back again."

But is it time to move-on?

The passage of Bill C-38 is not in doubt. The Tories will use their majority -- as is their right -- to ram this legislation through.

Former Reform MP, now political analyst, Monte Solberg says there is an actual urgency to get this legislation through.

"It's not like the government has a lot of time. Sure, they don't stand for re-election for another three years, but the Greek elections are in a week and it's no exaggeration to say that those elections will immediately impact the world economy," he wrote in the Toronto Sun.

"That's why the government is wise to pull all the levers at their command to keep our economy going, including those in Bill C-38."

John Ibbitson of the Globe and Mail, argues that the omnibus bill is not an issue that really angers ordinary Canadians.

"Opposition politicians and environmentalists are doing everything they can to stop the ombibus budget bill. But outside the bubble of Parliament Hill people don't seem to be paying a whole lot of attention," he said.

"When the Conservatives prorogued parliament in 2009...the public was furious. There were street protests, petitions. This time not so much of that is happened. "Will the omnibus budget bill weaken environmental protections? Probably? Will the weakening protections create jobs? Probably.

"Voters seemed to have made up their minds as to which matters more. And that's why they're not taking to the streets."

The opposition parties and the environmentalists have made their point.

But maybe its time they let the bill pass and stop delaying the inevitable.