Liberals try to delay massive crime bill

Liberal MPs are invoking a procedural delay on the Conservatives' omnibus crime bill, debating a change to theproposedpackage of justicereformsthat would end its passage through the House of Commons.

The NDP and Liberals are against the bill, which wraps a number of proposed laws into one package that the government wants to pass all at once.

Liberal MP Sean Casey has proposed an amendment that would delete every page in the bill and replace it with a vow not to pass it on to the next stage in Parliament.

This is the second proposed change, known as a reasoned amendment, the Liberals have proposed since Monday.

The debate on the amendment will continue until no more MPs want to debate it. It is due to continue Thursday.

Conservative MPs outnumber MPs from other parties, which should allow them to pass the legislation once it gets to a vote.