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House Of Commons: Conservative Government

Massive Budget Dept: OTTAWA - No diaper jokes, please, we're parliamentarians, according to Winnipeg Free Press. With up to 159 separate votes scheduled on unfriendly amendments to the budget implementation act, elected representatives will be rising and sitting for a least 24 consecutive hours, and quite possibly longer and then Reform MP Jason Kenny reclines on an airplane neck pillow during the Nisga'a treaty overnight debates in Ottawa, on December 8, 1999. MPs from all parties are steeling themselves for potential back-to-back all-nighters this week in the House of Commons as the Conservative government forces through its massive budget bill against the determined efforts of the minority opposition.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand MPs from all parties are steeling themselves for potential back-to-back all-nighters this week in the House of Commons as the Conservative government forces through its massive budget bill against the determined efforts of the minority opposition. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.