The Liberals have foiled a Conservative plan to delay Tuesday’s budget by forcing up to 40 hours of votes in the House of Commons to protest what the Tories say is a “gag order” on former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould.
The Conservatives’ filibuster-like tactic of scheduling 257 fiscal votes starting on Monday evening will no longer be possible after the Liberals moved the Conservatives’ “opposition day” from Monday to Wednesday, after the budget is already delivered.
“It’s clear that Stephen Harper’s party which shut down Parliament twice when it was in power hasn’t changed its colours in Opposition under Andrew Scheer,” the statement goes on. Wilson-Raybould testified at the Justice Committee last month that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other top Liberals pressured her and issued veiled threats related to her decision over to proceed with the prosecution of Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.
“You’ll recall that Justin Trudeau imposed a gag order on Jody Wilson-Raybould with respect to events that occurred after she left the post of attorney general but before she resigned from cabinet,” Poilievre said Sunday. “This period is incredibly important in getting to the truth.”
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