Court Painter is having trouble sorting out the parliamentary blame game on the issue of the Great Dominion’s House of Commons gridlock other than WTF you bunch of privileged partisans!
A debate that has jammed up the House of Commons for nearly two months now doesn’t appear likely to end any time soon, as neither the Liberals or Conservatives are showing signs of backing down.
“Right now what we see in the House is deplorable. But the Liberals are not being transparent and are not providing documents with essential information. Having documents completely redacted is not responsible,” said NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice, speaking to reporters in French.
“And then we have Conservatives, who are doing systemic obstruction, who refuse to vote on their own motion and keep making amendments and sub-amendments to delay House work.”
The parties blame each other for tying Parliament up in a privilege debate that began in late September. That debate stems from a House order that directed the government to hand over unredacted documents related to a now-defunct foundation responsible for doling out hundreds of millions of federal dollars for green technology projects.
Although opposition parties could side with the Liberals to bring the privilege debate to an end, neither theNDP or the Bloc Québécois seem willing — with each of them on Tuesday calling on the Liberals to hand over the documents.
National Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet
Commons deadlock could trigger government cash crunch and get in the way of other House deadlines.
