The Conservatives stalled debate on the NDP No Day motion in the House of Commons on Friday, a day after the New Democrats made their own No Day intervention.
The NDP is considering a motion calling on the government to extend the upcoming GST moratorium to what the party calls “essentials,” including ready-to-eat food from grocery stores, home heating, and cell phone and internet bills. was scheduled to start.
The motion also proposes a key condition of the Liberal government’s rebate for seniors who are fully retired in 2023, those relying on disability benefits and others with no employment income. They are calling on the government to expand the $250 Working Canadian Rebate.
Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lanzman made a privileged point about the protests that occurred earlier this week, saying three NDP MPs expressed support for protesters who disrupted MPs. Ta.
On Tuesday, about 100 protesters staged a sit-in at the Coalition Building, which houses the offices of members of Congress, to demand an arms embargo on Israel.
Most of Friday’s debate time was taken up by Lanzmann’s privilege motion and a series of order items raised by MPs who appeared to be trying to block NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s counter-motion.
It was just the latest episode of procedural irregularities between opposition parties, after the NDP postponed debate on a Conservative motion of no confidence on Thursday and instead forced a debate on abortion.
The House adjourned for a week Friday just before 2 p.m. Deputy Speaker Chris d’Entremont said consideration on the privilege motion would resume on Monday.
Votes on both the NDP’s GST motion and the Conservative Party’s no-confidence motion are expected to take place on the same day.
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The House of Commons has been deadlocked since late September, when Conservatives initiated a filibuster on a separate debate over privileges.
The debate centers on the Liberals’ refusal to provide Parliament and the RCMP with unredacted documents regarding the now-defunct Green Technology Fund.
The government had provided a redacted copy of the document citing privacy concerns and said it would not be appropriate for the council to provide the document to police. RCMP said it was investigating the fund, but that investigation would likely not be able to use documents obtained through parliament.
Still, the Conservatives say they will force discussions to continue until the Liberals submit a document or the NDP agrees to overthrow the government.
The government has been unable to move forward with legislation because the issue of privileges takes precedence over almost every other issue in the House of Commons.
Congress was headed for an unprecedented situation in which it was unable to vote on more than $21 billion in spending requests from the government.
Earlier this week, House Speaker Greg Fergus intervened and suspended the filibuster, allowing the remaining four days to be used for opposition action and votes on supplementary spending.
Mr Singh said he had no intention of voting in favor of the Conservative Party’s latest motion of no confidence.
The NDP and Bloc Quebecois rejected the Conservatives’ previous two attempts to overthrow the government this fall.
