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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
SO Harper was handcuffed by his own law. Yes, they did pass much legislation but if you actually do some research into all the committees it is clear that the opposition did everything in their power to slow down the system and prevent the system from working. You have both Dion and Layton claiming all summer that they will make the government fall at the next oppertunity, then blast Harper for calling an election and then claiming that this is the most important election in our life time.
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I still place more blame for this on the Conservatives than elsewhere. After Harper's famous 200 page manual on how to disrupt and manipulate committees, it's hard not to view any dysfunctional committee as a byproduct of these tactics, in particular the house ethics committee's attempts to investigate the in-and-out scheme. Liberals, NDP and Bloc are certainly not blameless, but abusing loopholes in procedure and law is just such a pattern of Harper's tenure.