Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Sheila Malcolmson’s historic appeal to unblock her proposed abandoned vessels legislation ended on Thursday after losing a secret ballot vote in the House of Commons.
The results of the two-day vote were announced earlier this morning in Ottawa.
This appeal came after the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs blocked C-352 and claimed it was too similar to legislation introduced by the government last month.
“I’m disappointed the Trudeau Liberals stifled coastal community voices yet again, and voted to sink my legislation on abandoned vessels,” said Malcolmson.
“Although we lost the appeal today, we made history by elevating the voices of coastal communities, and we pushed the Trudeau Liberals as hard as we could.”
More to come