Tories force all-night votes in bid to force testimony from PM’s adviser
OTTAWA — Conservatives are forcing MPs to stay up all night voting continuously on more than 250 motions — a filibuster launched in retaliation for the Liberals voting down a Tory motion to call Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser to testify at a House of Commons committee about the prime minister’s disastrous trip to India.
Conservatives predicted the non-stop voting on all the motions, which started around dinner time Thursday, would take about 40 hours.
The filibuster will result in a hefty overtime bill for the Commons, since its services must be available whenever the chamber is sitting.
Those services include security, cafeteria, shuttle buses, messengers, translation, transcription, printing, maintenance and tech support.