On Point With Alex Pierson

Peter Sherman is in for Alex Pierson and he is joined by Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre to discuss how Conservatives are launching their fourth filibuster of the past year and their second over Liberal limits on the probe into the SNC-Lavalin scandal that has been engulfing the government for the past two months. But this time, their filibustering member is flying solo. In a press release Monday, the Conservative Party announced that finance critic Pierre Poilievre would kick off a “marathon speech” during debate on a motion asking the House of Commons to approve the federal budget in general: the motion is in effect a precursor to the introduction of a budget bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices