Liberals abruptly shut down House Affairs Committee filibuster after more than 80 hours of stalling tactics, Conservative MP Reid yells ‘that’s bullshit!’

Liberal MP Larry Bagnell, chair of the House Affairs Committee, adjourned the filibuster meeting without unanimous consent, forcing Conservative MP Scott Reid to chase him and other Liberal committee members out of the room, while yelling 'that is bullshit, Mr. chair!'

Conservative MP Scott Reid, a member of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee, tried to raise a point of order to prevent the May 2 meeting from being unilaterally adjourned by Liberal chair Larry Bagnell, but was unsuccessful. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

May 2, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—The Liberals shut down the more than 80-hour filibuster at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Tuesday morning which was launched a few weeks ago in reaction to the government’s attempts to speed up a study on proposed changes to the House rules and opposition MPs re...

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