A hoist

motion In physics, motion is the phenomenon in which an object changes its position with respect to time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed and frame of reference to an observer and mea ...

is used in Canadian legislative bodies to cause a bill not to be read now, but six months hence, or any number of months hence. In the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

, if a hoist motion is adopted, it has the effect of defeating the bill.

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