On March 21, the Conservatives and New Democrats teamed up to keep talking — and talking and talking and talking — to prevent the procedures committee from voting on a motion that would require them to consider the paper and impose a deadline on its study. RelatedOn the omnibus busThe Liberals said they would not bring in omnibus bills, and then they did. The Liberals argue there is nothing in the new omnibus bill that was not in the budget. Harder has suggested an all-party committee to come up with schedules for moving individual pieces of legislation through the process. As with the proposed changes in the House of Commons, it has its detractors, with Conservative Sen. Denis Batters being particularly blunt.

Source: National Post April 14, 2017 18:45 UTC