 In 1895, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled that the Canadian federal government could pass remedial legislation to overrule the Manitoba Schools Act ("see" Disallowance and reservation).Therefore, in February 1896 Tupper introduced this remedial legislation in the House of Commons.The bill was filibustered by a combination of extreme Protestants led by McCarthy and Liberals led by Wilfrid Laurier.