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Stephen Harper delivers paen to patriotism in B.C. Legislature
Canadians must not be shy about showing national pride during Olympics, PM says, since country is ready to 'stand on guard for itself'
Parliament on pause
Liberals tie detainee committee to deal on break weeks
Letter sets conditions Conservative ought to meet before changing parliamentary calendar in response to prorogation's 'damage'
Adam Radwanski
Proroguing under the radar
To avoid a Harper-like taint, McGuinty will have the Ontario Legislature break for only a week
Bruce Anderson
Prorogation a curve bender, not a game changer
Ignatieff seems more comfortable, and Harper is maturing - which could make for a different kind of election when it comes
Parliament on pause
Liberals game to work through parliamentary break weeks
But Michael Ignatieff derides Tory move as 'scrambling act' and questions why PM would speak to B.C. legislature when he's shut down his own
Parliament on pause
Tories seek parliamentary extension
Government sets trap for opposition, who must approve request to cancel two break weeks once House resumes sitting
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- Opposition presses ahead on detainees despite prorogation
- An expert, ex-Liberal MP speaks out on prorogation
- Liberals, NDP 'testing the ground' on joint anti-prorogation legislation
- Do Canadians want a spring election?
- Prorogation 'Aha! moment' punishes Tories in poll
- Tories and Liberals slide ‘back into too-close-to-call territory'
- Ignatieff pledges to give federal watchdogs more bite
- Tories and Liberals compete to show they're still at work
- Opposition pushes for new rules on prorogation
- Trumping NDP, Michael Ignatieff lays out tough new prorogation rules
- Prorogation fury: This too shall pass, pollster says
- A turning away
- Never mind
- Passion over prorogation pales next to political apathy
- Conservatives lash out at 'King of Prorogues'
- What the PM should say about prorogation rallies
- From Facebook to filling the streets
- Disaster puts PM's prorogation reckoning on hold
- Thousands protest prorogued Parliament
- London protest skips Buckingham, heads for pub
Globe editorial
Silent Parliament, forgotten roots
Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament is an abrogation of the principles he and his party arose to defend
Time to stand up for Parliament
The problem is excessive prime ministerial power – and the solution is legislative restraint on prorogation
Democracy diminished, accountability avoided
It's a move that undermines the democratic rights of the people
Consensus that should be
The Liberals and NDP have provided a good first draft of prorogation reform. But all four parties should recognize this path as a way to strengthen Canada's democracy
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