A record two-month deadlock has ended in Canada’s parliament.

OTTAWA: The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons intervened on Tuesday to break an extraordinary two-month standoff in which the Conservatives tried to force Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to release documents that They hope to embroil them in a conflict of interest. Scandal

There was almost no business during the fall session, and little was expected, with Parliament set to break for the holidays in just two weeks.

However, in a rare move, House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus suspended the deadlock that began on Thursday for a few days to allow lawmakers to vote on a key spending measure.

Such a massive deadlock is unheard of in Canada, with observers saying it threatens an early election that polls show Trudeau will likely lose.

Before the suspension, it was uncertain whether lawmakers would pass any bills before their departure or spend any of the billions of dollars they are slated to distribute.

The withheld funds include money for social services, disaster relief and aid to Ukraine.

“This is new ground,” Wayne Waters, a former cabinet secretary, said of the impasse. “I’ve never seen anything like it: filibustering going on well through the entire fall session.”

Wouters noted that earlier, an opposition member of parliament “stood up for two days to delay and delay things, and then the government resumed normal work.”