Tuesday, December 13 served to confirm the range of concerns that hadn’t yet been taken into account in the Cons’ seat redistribution bill – even as debate came to a close and the bill was rammed through against the protests of a united opposition.
The Big Issue
In response to the start and end of third reading debate on C-20, Stephane Dion and Mike Sullivan wondered why the Cons had been unwilling once again to countenance any amendments. And Scott Reid answered the latter question with a remarkable assertion: Mr. Speaker, I have been around here for five Parliaments and three of those were minority Parliaments. Two of them were Conservative minority Parliaments. My experience was that it was very difficult to get any legislation through at all.
I think I am correct in saying that aside from legislation initiated by the opposition, no legislation went through unless it was . . . → Read More: Accidental Deliberations: Parliament in Review: December 13, 2011
