Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre has begun what he's promising will be a 'marathon speech' filibustering debate on the 2019 budget, over the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
OTTAWA – Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is set to begin what he's promising will be a "marathon speech" filibustering debate on the 2019 budget, over the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
This procedural tactic is permitted because the House is beginning debate on the 2019 budget document, which comes with unique rules and is separate from any coming debate on the budget implementation bill that is yet to be tabled. "I will be using that ability to demand that the government end the cover up," he said. Typically if an MP is veering too far off-topic in their speech, the Speaker can intervene and cut them off, though the budget debate "allows for a wide-ranging debate, during which the rules of relevance are generally relaxed,"The filibuster can only continue during "government orders," however, meaning that he’ll have to put his protest on pause during question period.
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