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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Re: movement on the socially-conservative side:
In the last parliament, Harper introduced legislation to outlaw gay marriage which was made legal when Martin was PM. The motion was defeated by a combination of Liberal, NDP, and Bloc MPs.
Being in a minority position, the CPC had their hands completely tied when it comes to advancing a socially-conservative agenda because the other three parties would unite againt them. If Harper had a majority, his party would be free to pursue whatever right-wing social policies they wanted.
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What Blaster said.
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Not to mention CPC support to. Oh, you forgot to mention that some Liberals voted for the bill. Interesting you would leave them out.