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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Why is it a problem now? Weren't Chretien's backbenchers muzzled during his 3 majorities? They had disagreements too.
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Remember Carolyn Parrish? She made a few stupid comments (as is her right) that didn't please the party leadership, so Paul Martin kicked her out of the Liberal caucus.
What the CPC is doing now is entirely different. Harper's staff is banning Conservative MPs from discussing certain topics. In this particular case, Mark Warawa wanted to speak about the issue of sex-selective abortion in the House of Commons, but he was denied the time he requested by the CPC leadership. I certainly have different views on abortion than Mr. Warawa does, but as an elected MP, it's his parliamentary privilege to raise an issue in the House if he feels it's important.