In a move that stumped even the Speaker of the Alberta legislature – an MLA for 13 years – the UCP government halted debates nearly three hours early Monday afternoon.

“What I’ve learned, or confirmed, I guess, is that the motion is in order. It’s not debateable; we’re going straight to the vote,” said Ric McIver, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The UCP majority won and the House was shuttered, prior to Opposition members being able to ask more questions or bring motions.

CityNews confirmed with officials in the legislature library they couldn’t find any record of that ever being done before.

“Well, you learn something every day. I didn’t know the library had that information,” said Government House Leader Joseph Schow.

Schow said he wanted to use the time to debate go

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