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Sir Osis of Liver :maple: on Nostr: nprofile1q…pwuyc Same old, same old. "In March 1982 an unprecedented situation ...



Same old, same old.

"In March 1982 an unprecedented situation arose when the division bells were allowed to ring for fifteen days because the Official Opposition Whip [PC] refused to appear at the bar of the House in order to express his party's dissatisfaction with an omnibus bill introduced by the government. [Liberal]"

http://www.revparl.ca/english/issue.asp?param=109&art=591

In the CPC calculus, freezing the functioning of government is a positive. It's about time to close this loophole so Parliament can't be filibustered whenever the Tories have a tantrum.