Voting marathon continues, as Tories protest shutdown of Wilson-Raybould motion cdnpoli
The Liberal majority shot down a Conservative motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to let former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould testify more fully about her allegation that she was improperly pressured to drop a criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin.That set the stage for a Conservative-sponsored filibuster Wednesday night, requiring 257 separate votes on items in the government's spending estimates.
Since any vote involving government spending is automatically considered a confidence vote, Liberals were required to be out in force to avoid potential defeat of the government. The voting could theoretically last 36 hours, but the Conservatives have only to keep it going until just after 10 a.m. today to scrub the remainder of the parliamentary day.Photos
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's motorcade sits parked below his West Block office on Parliament Hill as a marathon voting session continues into the night in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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