Liberal delays on key economic documents a strategy to blame opposition for ‘paralyzing the House,’ say political players

The government could table its fall economic statement and public accounts at any time, but it's a ‘convenient opportunity’ to blame opposition parties for filibustering, says former Conservative staffer Yaroslav Baran. But former Liberal staffer Olivier Cullen says the government's message about Conservative 'games' is a 'win.'
Chrystia Freeland
On Dec. 3, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government has not yet released its fall economic statement because 'business of the house is being filibustered.'

The government’s delay in releasing two key fiscal documents may be a tactic to discredit the opposition parties’ ongoing filibuster of the House of Commons—even though the parliamentary gridlock does not actually prevent the governing Liberals from releasing these ite...

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