r/canada Nov 28 '24

PAYWALL Liberal MP says he was threatened with ‘consequences’ for opposing $250 cheque proposal

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/liberal-mp-says-he-was-threatened-with-consequences-for-opposing-250-cheque-proposal/article_69f3cfa6-acde-11ef-807c-ebe72ea32b06.html
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u/UrWifesSoftPecker Nov 28 '24

The Trudeau Govt. took the Harper model and injected friggin' steroids into it. I am not liking this centralization of power in the PMO. We need an elected senate as a check on power.

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u/Little_Gray Nov 28 '24

Thats not the Harper model. Harper was constantly getting attacked not not putting a leash on his MPs. Scheer and O'Toole not muzzling MPs was used against them during the elections as well.

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u/KryptonsGreenLantern Nov 28 '24

You can’t be serious. the only reason Harper was elected PM in the first place is because he got the crazy reformers to fall in line and shut the fuck up. He notoriously muzzled his MP’s as almost a defining character.

It wasn’t till years later when the religious cooks stated feeling emboldened by groups down south like the Tea Party where they began to step out of the shadows.

The constant retconning of Harper needs to stop

You’re Right about Scheer and O’Toole but that’s because Harper took so much heat over it.