House of Commons adjourns after more than 24 hours of voting, naps and singalongs

MPs finally left the House of Commons late Friday night after voting for more than 24 hours straight, fulfilling a Conservative promise to stall the Liberal government's legislation with an avalanche of votes unless it agrees to scrap parts of its carbon tax.

House of Commons adjourns after more than 24 hours of voting, naps and singalongs
A man in a suit and a woman in a rain jacket rise to vote in the House of Commons.

MPs finally left the House of Commons late Friday night after voting for more than 24 hours straight, fulfilling a Conservative promise to stall the Liberal government's legislation with an avalanche of votes unless it agrees to scrap parts of its carbon tax.