Post-vote antics: Interim leader CANDICE BERGEN tabled a motion to revoke the Emergencies Act. Morrice scored a standing ovation from the Tories when he confirmed his nay vote.
May, for the record, sided with the government. The Bloc Québécois and the Tories were opposed. So did quasi-maverick Quebec MP JÖEL LIGHTBOUND, who publicly rebuked his government's approach to dialogue with its critics. How it went down: New Democrats sided with the Liberals. "I appreciate the debate, but it's time to vote." Government House Leader MARK HOLLAND was having none of it. Liberal MP NATHANIEL ERSKINE-SMITH told the Commons shortly after that he opposed the principle of the invocation, but would side with the government because the vote was a matter of confidence. Earlier Monday, Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU bobbed and weaved when asked by reporters if he considered the evening vote a matter of confidence. If the Liberals lost, would they resign their government? Then the bells stopped chiming and the Tories stopped playing.ĬONFIDENCE OR NAH? - Tory House leader JOHN BRASSARD demanded the government be clear on the vote about to unfold. GARY ANANDASANGAREE, the parliamentary secretary to Justice Minister DAVID LAMETTI, ventured across the aisle for a chat with Tory MICHAEL CHONG. May's response was inaudible from the Press Gallery above the Commons, though her colleague MIKE MORRICE had earlier declared in a lengthy statement that he'd side with the Tories. "Are you voting with us?" asked ARNOLD VIERSEN. "That was kind," joked Tory DAN ALBAS (everyone knew the score before the games began).īefore the vote, ELIZABETH MAY sauntered over to the Tory side. "We'd like to request a recorded vote," said KEVIN LAMOUREUX. The parliamentary precinct was dead silent, even for a holiday Monday on a cold winter night.Ī HISTORIC VOTE - At 7:30, Deputy Speaker CHRIS D'ENTREMONT ended debate on the invocation and called the bells for a vote. Your Playbook host departed the Met for the chamber, passing a police checkpoint between the Chateau Laurier and Senate building, and an informal parking lot for various and sundry police forces. Even if it was a foregone conclusion, and the government's arguments would carry the day, the moment in the House was without precedent (we refuse to use the u-word). Proof Strategies fixture GREG MACEACHERN sauntered in at 7 o'clock, about an hour before the House of Commons went about a historic vote on the government's invocation of the Emergencies Act. Rubicon's ANDREW BALFOUR shared a table with Liberal MP ALI EHSASSI. LEO HOUSAKOS and DENISE BATTERS huddled in the front window. The watering hole's buzz was back on Monday evening. Monday was all about a highly anticipated vote.īUSINESS AS USUAL - If there's one signal that Hill people's lives are returning to some form of normalcy, it's an open door at the Metropolitain just a few steps away from the Parliament Buildings. Keep up to the latest on POLITICO's live blog with news from Ukraine, Russia, across Europe and the U.S.Įxpect that overheated rhetoric - Europe is on the verge of war - to eventually dominate the political conversation in Ottawa. POLITICO's chief Brussels correspondent and Russian-speaker DAVID HERSZENHORN is on the ground in Ukraine and has details of everything that happened overnight. BRYAN BENDER and PAUL McLEARY have news on the latest salvo in the new Cold War. POLITICO's ALEX WARD reports on an emergency session of the U.N.
Putin did not say whether his decision would trigger military measures, but he declared: “When the level of threat for our country is becoming greater and greater, Russia has every right to take countermeasures to enhance our own security. Putin announced his decision at the end of a televised speech to the Russian nation filled with historical grievances and bitter complaints about the Ukrainian government, NATO and Western nations including the United States. Anything happen in the past two weeks?) On Monday, the House voted on the government's invocation of the Emergencies Act, a checkpoint-adjacent downtown watering hole reopened its doors and tensions kicked up a notch overseas.ĪCROSS THE POND - Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN officially recognized the independence of a pair of breakaway Ukrainian territories on Monday. Send tips | Subscribe here | Email Nick | Follow Politico Canada
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