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This would make it all but impossible to force a snap vote like the one that the Liberals very nearly lost on Monday morning,

The motion would even set the stage for House business to continue past the scheduled end date of June 23.

Under LeBlanc’s proposal, it would be up to a minster or parliamentary secretary to bring forward a motion to adjourn for the summer, which could be done with no notice, and would be automatically deemed adopted on the spot.

On the plus side, at least from the perspective of the opposition, is that the new rules would expire as soon as the House shut down for business.

It will be up to LeBlanc to decide when – or if – he should move it, which could happen as early as Thursday.

Given the increasingly acrimonious state of cross-party relations, this could be a shot across the bow of his counterparts across the aisle.

For more than a week, the parties have been unable to agree on how to proceed with the final rounds of debate on the physician-assisted dying bill. The Conservatives and the New Democrats have been pushing for extended but fixed-length sittings, which would see the debate adjourn at midnight, and resume the following day.

The Liberals, however, want to keep the House sitting around the clock until debate collapses, which occurs when no member rises to speak.

Under the proposed motion, that sudden-death rule would apply to all House proceedings, with the government having the sole power to blow the whistle on the parliamentary workday.