Among those who voted in favour of the opposition motion was Celina Caesar-Chavannes — who had just announced her resignation from the Liberal caucus
OTTAWA — Set up the cots, stock the coffee supplies and keep the pizza delivery drivers on standby: The House of Commons is headed for another marathon voting session as opposition MPs punish the Liberals over shutting down testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair.
On Tuesday, Liberal MPs on the Commons justice committee used their voting majority to end its study of the SNC-Lavalin affair, rejecting calls from the Conservatives and NDP to invite Wilson-Raybould to testify a second time. “Why is the Prime Minister silencing women of principle while covering up for the actions of his corrupt friends?” said Conservative MP Candice Bergen.
The Conservatives are now looking to keep the political heat on the Liberals, and will force the Commons to conduct consecutive votes on as many as 257 budgetary measures. Because such votes are considered confidence matters, the Liberals must keep enough MPs in the Commons to pass them.
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