Opposition MPs declare ‘war’ over feds’ efforts to ram through sweeping changes to House rules, ‘we’re filibustering to protect the right to filibuster’

Members of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee are in the in midst of a filibuster spurred by opposition MPs and prolonged by the government over voting on the Liberal motion to expedite the study on changes to the House rules.

NDP MP David Christopherson, Conservative MP Scott Reid, and Liberal MP Scott Simms. There is a filibuster underway at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee over Mr. Simms' motion to have the committee expedite a study on the Standing Orders. The Hill Times Photographs by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

March 22, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—Opposition MPs spent nearly 15 hours in the basement of Centre Block on Tuesday, holed-up in a committee meeting room filibustering the Liberal government’s attempt to expedite a study on possible sweeping changes to how the House of Commons rules, and the saga is set to continu...

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