Liberals move to cut short debate on UNDRIP bill after one day

The government’s time allocation motion will cut off debate on Bill C-15 after just a few speeches.

Justice Minister David Lametti argued that his government needed to close off debate on Bill C-15 to pre-empt delay tactics from the Conservative opposition. Only one Conservative MP had participated in the debate on Bill C-15 before the government moved its time allocation motion. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 15, 2021

The Liberal government cut off the second reading debate on its UNDRIP bill on Thursday, successfully moving a time allocation motion for a bill that had only been debated once in the Chamber. The NDP voted in favour of the moti...

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