‘Let her speak and we will let you sleep’: Tories filibuster over Wilson-Raybould motion UpAllNight
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament are continuing their marathon voting session as opposition parties protest the Trudeau government’s efforts to shut down any further investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.
“Moments ago, I stood up in the House of Commons to offer Liberals a compromise to end the marathon voting. ‘Let her speak and we will let you sleep’,” Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre tweeted at 6.10 a.m.That set the stage for a Conservative-sponsored filibuster Wednesday night, requiring 257 separate votes on items in the government’s spending estimates.
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