I agree mostly, which is why I qualified my statement.
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You'd be hard-pressed to find a majority government in the past 20 years that has accomplished more.
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So thanks for the history lesson of counter-arguments that are irrelevant to my point.
Mulroney's second term brought us free-trade and a failed constitutional agreement.
Chretien's majorities were largely status quo.
You accurately describe the last five years.
So my point still stands, this minority government has drafted and enacted as much important legislation as the majorities (by-in-large). To say that this minority has been emaciated is, in my opinion, not correct.
Your comparison to the Pearson minority is interesting but it fails to mention a key difference. One party, the NDP, held the balance of power with Pearson allowing a significant amount of legislation and policy to pass. Canada's parliament has been constipated not by a minority government so much as the presence of the Bloc and no one party holding the balance.