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Originally Posted by octothorp
Yeah, I'm surprised by that too. Although the difference is that McDonald's government lasted for more than a year before the proroguing and had successfully passed confidence votes before. Requesting a proroguing this early is unprecedented. Just about every part of this story, taken alone, has some sort of precedent, but put it all together - the coalition, the signed statements, the proroguing - and it really is unique.
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Well the opposition here had already consented and agreed with the Conservatives Speech to the Throne basically agreeing with the direction Parliament was going.
Then Harper spoke about party funding being scrapped and then all hell broke out, even when Harper backed down on that matter.