It has become a weekly, sometimes daily, Commons ritual: An opposition MP implores Speaker Andrew Scheer to schedule an emergency debate on a matter of urgent public business — the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, say, or a particularly persistent supply chain problem affecting grain farmers in Western Canada.
After allowing the MP a few minutes to make his or her case, Scheer informs the House, in regretful but resolute tones, that the issue, while clearly a matter of deep concern, fails to meet the criteria for an emergency debate. He invariably suggests the member’s party instead use its next “opposition day” …read more
Source: National Newswatch
