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Originally Posted by SebC
Allow me to rephrase... a Prime Minister who had de facto lost the confidence of the House of Commons proroguing parliament to avoid a confidence vote set a bad precendent that can never be erased from history. There's nothing revisionist about that
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And let me rebut this...
There was no confidence lost whatsoever. It was a behind the scenes coup by those who had just been defeated in an election and were facing economic measures that would have crippled them. They tried to color it and spin it as anything but, however the Canadian people weren't fooled and niether was Harper and the elected government.
To call it anything but is disingenuous. This was proven even further IMO when the supposed leader of the coup, Stephane Dion, was ousted by his own party a week after the failed attempt and agreed to step down....yet he was good enough to lead the country after the power grab?