Ontario NDP, Liberals successfully stall Bill 5 after filibustering until midnight Thursday [Video]

Bill 5 was successfully stalled in committee after Ontario NDP and Liberal MPPs filibustered from around 4 p.m. on Wednesday until midnight Thursday. 

The filibuster has blocked the controversial bill from going into its third and final reading, as the committee process will now continue into next week, Ontario NDP said in a statement on X just after midnight on Thursday. 

The MPPs “used every committee tool to delay progress [on] Ford’s attempt to rush through this legislation without proper consultation,” the statement said. 

Bill 5 would create so-called “special economic zones” where the government can exempt companies or projects from complying with provincial laws or regulations. It would also replace the province’s endangered species act, replacing it with …