Behind the scenes of a good old-fashioned filibuster: Goodale threatens to bring in time allocation as Canadian Alliance staffers devise new tricks [Bill C-5, the Species at Risk Bill]

The normally predictable legislative process in Ottawa is suddenly taking on all the drama of an episode of the West Wing, as backroom deal-making and creative filibustering reaches a fevered pitch over C-5, the Species at Risk Bill.

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