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Originally Posted by Jacks
I'm not sure if it would be possible for Harper to have been more clear in the last couple of elections. They will not be reopening the abortion debate as long as he is PM period. The people who voted for Warawa knew that they were voting not to reopen the debate. If that was a problem for Warawa then he shouldn't have run as a CPC candidate. If there are other cases where MP's can't speak then lets hear them but if we are talking about something this is totally opposite to the platform and policy they were elected under then I don't see the problem.
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Harper said the Conservative Party would not reopen the abortion debate. That's not the same as an MP introducing a private member's bill, which is what Warawa wanted to do. Are you suggesting that private member's bills should also be subject to the whims of the party leadership?