OTTAWA — If there were winners at the end of nearly 21 hours of marathon voting in the House of Commons on Friday, you couldn’t see it to look at them. At 2:45 p.m. on Friday afternoon, Conservative House leader Candice Bergen rose to put an end to the Conservative filibuster that had begun around 6 p.m. the evening before. The Conservatives began to filibuster after the Liberals defeated their motion Thursday to have Jean appear before the public safety committee. Some were still planning to make it back to their home ridings, including Conservative MP Gérard Deltell, who said he had a five-hour drive to Quebec City ahead of him. A parallel debate played out on Twitter, little spats between MPs often instigated by Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, herself overseas and unable to attend.

Source: National Post March 23, 2018 14:21 UTC