He plans to use parliamentary privilege to force the Liberals to call more witnesses
OTTAWA — For “hours and hours on end” Monday, the House of Commons will echo with the dulcet strains of the voice of Pierre Poilievre. The Conservative MP will deliver a “marathon speech” in a filibuster bid to force the Liberals to call more witnesses to testify on the SNC-Lavalin affair.
He started his speech around noon on Monday. Poilievre’s filibuster will take up the regular Commons debate time, but it will still break for question period and will stay within regular sitting hours, meaning it won’t go through the night. A Conservative source said Poilievre’s speech may last nearly all week, as there are four days scheduled for budget debate.
The committee members have been given the additional evidence, consisting of text messages sent and received by Butts. It is expected to be released publicly sometime Tuesday, after the evidence is translated into French.
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