Harper: “Mr Speaker”…
Posted on 01 June 2008
..."These people across the aisle scream a lot but do nothing except make a great deal of nonsensical noise. If they don't like the way this government operates they can always vote us out...at ANY TIME! In point of fact, were I in their place I'd have fired me a long time ago. So what's the holdup? Continue Reading...
Conservatives survive confidence votes
Updated Mon. Jun. 2 2008 7:09 PM ET
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA -- Despite a chorus of bad publicity over the Maxime Bernier affair, the Conservative government waltzed through a series of confidence votes Monday.
Rows of Liberal benches remained vacant in a series of votes on controversial immigration reforms that are part of a larger budget-implementation bill.
All opposition parties have excoriated the Conservatives for the immigration changes, but the Liberals continued their months-long practice of abstaining on key votes.
The Liberals were taunted and laughed at by their opponents as only a handful of their members showed up for a set of 114-83 votes that took the legislation one step closer to becoming law.
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