House reform headed towards filibuster

Category: Liberals

Liberals draw line in the sand

The early signs point to a filibuster coming in the House of Assembly later this week, as the governing Tories and the opposition parties hit an impasse over proposals to redraw the provinces electoral map.

Lorraine Micheal

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The Tories want to cut 10 seats from the 48-seat legislature and redraw the district boundary lines before the next general election.

After Liberal Leader Dwight Ball said last week he supported the Tories aims, he emerged Monday morning to say his party wont support the legislation without some key changes, and early signs indicate the opposition parties will use House procedural rules to slow down passage of the bill.

Only NDP Leader Lorraine Michael is actually saying shes considering a filibuster.

Liberal House Leader Andrew Parsons would only say, Right now, all options are on the table.

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January 20th, 2015
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