Liberal MP wants to see major projects bill amended, studied further

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith says he wants the House of Commons to sit for another week to study Prime Minister Mark Carney’s major projects bill.

Erskine-Smith was the only Liberal to vote against his own government’s closure motion, which limits debate time on Bill C-5.

The Liberals and Conservatives passed a closure motion on Monday that will push the bill through the House of Commons this week.

Smith says he’s never seen a bill of this magnitude pushed through the House at such a pace in his ten years as a Toronto-area MP.