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OTTAWA — After a 12-hour filibuster that lasted through the night, the Conservatives ended their voting marathon on Friday morning, announcing they’d used “every tool” they have to force the Liberals to reveal the cost of their federal carbon tax.

But the procedural tactic seems to have brought the Liberals no closer to releasing the documents the Conservatives are demanding. In fact, its only tangible effect has been to delay House of Commons debate on several pieces of legislation, including the Liberals’ cannabis legalization bill, which the Conservatives oppose.

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Shortly after exhausted MPs streamed out of the House of Commons around 10 a.m. on Friday, Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre said he felt he’d made his point, despite the fact that the government hasn’t coughed up any new documents.

“Sometimes a non-answer is an answer,” he said. “And I think we were able to communicate loudly and clearly that the government has got something to hide.”