Conservatives, NDP threaten government with more than 30 hours of votes if it pushes unilaterally on House rule changes

Negotiations are ongoing between the House leaders over the government’s motion to change the rules of the House.

Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, left, Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen, and NDP House Leader Murray Rankin. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

June 13, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—The Conservatives are threatening to force the House into more than 30 hours of votes tomorrow on the government's main estimates if it doesn't back down on using its majority in the Commons to unilaterally change some of the House rules. Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen (...

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