Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs

The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.

Government House Leader Karina Gould, left, Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP MP Leah Gazan, Green MP Mike Morrice, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SOPHALL DUCH

November 4, 2024

Some New Democrat and Green MPs say the ongoing Conservative filibuster—which started in the House on Sept. 26 and has continued since—has already cost Canadians millions of dollars in House of Commons resources as legislative business remains paralyzed for another week,...

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