Tories Bury Commons in Votes to Keep MPs Working Through the Night Over Liberals’ Carbon Tax

A Tory MP says they will stall House proceedings until the prime minister grants carbon pricing relief to farmers and exempts all First Nations from the tax.

Storm clouds pass by the Peace Tower and Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Aug. 18, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Conservative MPs have kept their promise to obstruct House of Commons proceedings by forcing an all-night voting session in response to Cabinet refusing to scrap parts of its carbon tax agenda.

“We have successfully killed a day of government business,” said Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer during a Dec. 8 press conference. “This is one less day that Justin Trudeau will have to implement his destructive agenda that is dividing Canadians, driving up prices, and of course, his plan to quadruple the carbon tax.”