11 Moves The Conservatives Made This Fall (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 12/16/11 05:02 AM ET Updated: 12/19/11 08:33 AM ET

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While the Conservative government has used its newfound majority to push through time allocation motions, which limit the number of hours set aside for debate, more than any previous government, only three bills are expected to pass both the House of Commons and the Senate before the end of the fall sitting of the 41st Parliament.

While the Conservative government has used its newfound majority to push through time allocation motions, which limit the number of hours set aside for debate, more than any previous government, only three bills are expected to pass both the House of Commons and the Senate before the end of the fall sitting of the 41st Parliament.

The seven bills on the list made it through the House between Sept. 19 and Dec. 15. Most were introduced in a previous Parliament but didn't make it through the entire legislative process.

Of the bills on which the government moved time allocation, C-13, C-18 and C-20 are due to become law before Parliament rises from the fall session.

The government also used time allocation on C-10 and C-19, the bill to end the long-gun registry, but the gun registry bill isn't expected to move to the Senate until 2012.

There were a number of other measures the government introduced which didn't need parliamentary approval, such as banning face coverings during citizenship ceremonies, withdrawing from the Kyoto protocol, agreeing to a border action plan with the United States and strengthening sanctions against Iran.

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C-10 -- The omnibus crime bill, combining all the justice measures the Conservatives tried to pass when they had a minority government, is at second reading debate in the Senate and expected to pass in 2012.

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one1byke
Easy no Man.
07:59 AM on 12/19/2011
so.. awaiting Royal assent.

say hi to Queen Kim Jong Il for me.
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Capital Ottawa
09:19 AM on 12/18/2011
I would hardly list Bill C-10 as an achievement, crime rates are down.
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CanadaStan
Cogito ergo spud, I think, therefore I yam
10:50 PM on 12/17/2011
The CBC just wants their budget increased.
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Arctic AARDVARK
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind.
08:00 AM on 12/18/2011
You must read the SUN.. that's all they talk about.
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dtrobert
02:59 PM on 12/18/2011
That's because they want the CBC money to be channeled directly into Pierre-Karl Peladeau's pockets instead...
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grizzly bear55
King of the forest
08:13 PM on 12/17/2011
I don't agree with Harper's foreign policy at all, but he is doing a good job in Canada , the Kyoto is irrelevant once the nuclear toxins cover the planet and the oceans coming directly from where? yes Japan where Kyoto is.
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dtrobert
03:00 PM on 12/18/2011
What a seriously moronic comment. I can't believe people this dumb actually exist, but then there are people who actually read the Toronto Sun without vomiting.
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grizzly bear55
King of the forest
05:22 PM on 12/18/2011
The usual insults when you find a good argument to validate your point of view, obviously you are uneducated jobless occupier.
01:00 PM on 01/02/2012
I read it once and didn't vomit,, But at the time I was fasting in preparation for the feast of St. Steven of Harper.
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Warren Yuill
Jesus Built My Hot-Rod
07:22 PM on 12/17/2011
The liberal 'angst' is almost palatable.
You can almost feel the trembling of their little hearts.
Like a bird with a broken wing in your hands.
Fly away little birds
Fly away.
lol
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Blodo
Time to build a better world
09:52 PM on 12/17/2011
My only 'angst' is that this "conservative" government will be like every other Conservative government and leave the country much worse off financially when they leave office than when they found it, as measured by debt to GDP. So far, with expensive jets that don't fly and a very silly and expensive crime bill that even Texas says won't do what it's supposed to do, they are right on track to live up to their historical record.
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haddanuff
Progressives think 'We' while cons think "Me"
09:55 PM on 12/17/2011
And conservatism is a disease of the brain.

I hope you get well soon.
09:12 AM on 12/18/2011
Thanks, I never quite knew how to describe it.
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Warren Yuill
Jesus Built My Hot-Rod
10:45 AM on 12/19/2011
It has a time limit.
The cure comes around every four years.
07:21 PM on 12/17/2011
I certainly don't see too many negatives in the list. The redistribution was rammed through a bit too quick, but it was long overdue. Libya, I don't see us as having that much national interest and worry about the tyrant's replacement. I hope we have good relations with the new Libya, but I would judge them by their actions before spending any more money and more importantly any Canadian Blood. Glad we are out of Afghanistan and that Liberal war. Ultimately the Afghans might not be willing to fight enough for their own freedom. New jails are OK for the Violent, but bad news for drug trade workers. Don't approve of that. Sanctions against Iran, seems we stood true to our heritage when it comes to backing a movement to stop tyranical madmen. face coverings is almost an irrelevant issue. Who cares? If big giant White supremacists were walking around with their faces covered, people would be freaking and rightly so. When face coverings are enforced by the men in the family it is most definitely Un Canadian. Kyoto? Actual Canadians voted on this with their lifestyle....and rejected it. I see the homes getting larger and the powerful cars eager to find new owners on the car lot. SO all in all, I think people freaked out excessively about Harper have some other issues. I'd say it is bttter than a 50% chance he goes another term, especially now that Canadians will have more equal voter representation.
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Warren Yuill
Jesus Built My Hot-Rod
07:24 PM on 12/17/2011
Nice to read a rational comment once in awhile. Cheers!
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dtrobert
03:03 PM on 12/18/2011
I didn't realize that Harper had changed the definition of "rational", at the same time as he changed our country's name to "Harper" (as in "Harper Government", instead of "Government of Canada")... "voted with their lifestyles"??? What an idiotic statement. If people voted with their lifestyles, rather than voted for what kind of society we want, drinking and driving would still be legal.
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07:01 PM on 12/17/2011
Here we go . . . throwing away our international reputation. We were the most respected nation in the world last year.

The current Leader (whose name shall not be mentioned) has three more years to further erode Canada's standing in the world.

Someone let me know when Canadian tourists become known for their rudeness.
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ljkcan
I don't let geographical borders limit my thinking
09:42 PM on 12/17/2011
I will gladly refer to the Harper Gov't a a piece of @%&* if it will make your day it makes mine feel much better.

I don't think we have it in us to be rude tourists it is not in our DNA well with the exception of the two guys from RIM who got plastered on the plane.
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dtrobert
03:04 PM on 12/18/2011
You'd be surprised. Do you really imagine that Rob Ford is a respectful tourist when (if?) he travels abroad?
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06:52 PM on 12/17/2011
Another tagline fail . . . it should have read:

"11 Ways Harper is Ruining Canada."
06:36 PM on 12/17/2011
spend lots a money
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dan can
05:56 PM on 12/17/2011
recycled lead story from earlier in the day...lame.
03:42 PM on 12/17/2011
Governments are elected to govern and sit on their hands. As to the content of what got done. Is there any surprises here ? Has the Government not made it clear that these issues were its agenda ? Congrats to this Government for standing up for what it truly believes and getting it done.
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06:53 PM on 12/17/2011
you mean "trolly believes."
06:14 AM on 12/20/2011
Sure, doing what they said they would. It's the extras they slip in that worry me. Might be easier to take if they were the efficient administrators they claim to be but that's a farce too.
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turkeylurky
Just keepin it real........
03:17 PM on 12/17/2011
It's nice to finally see an article outlining all the positive things Harper and the Conservatives are doing for Canada.
Thanks HP.
02:39 PM on 12/17/2011
I never thought Canada would bring shame on itself. But when you elect a religious fanatic you ain't going to get anything but hell on wheels and that;'s what Canada has become. Corruption, no ethics, bigotry, ignorance, thy name is the Harper government.
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06:55 PM on 12/17/2011
We never thought it would happen either my friend. We were once the most respected nation in the world. ~sigh~
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CanadaStan
Cogito ergo spud, I think, therefore I yam
10:52 PM on 12/17/2011
Actually we are the most respected country in Canada.
Look it up.
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Miller Time
07:05 PM on 12/16/2011
Well done Mr. Harper and the Government of Canada. Finally we are getting a great Prime Minster.

Could well turn out to be one of the best in Canadian History.
10:16 PM on 12/16/2011
Barf. Worst Prime Minister ever.
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Miller Time
10:09 AM on 12/17/2011
Let's just say that given a choice, and given your obvious political experience, I would prefer Mr. Harper any day of the week.

Merry Christmas, especially if you are one of those PC people.
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06:56 PM on 12/17/2011
yup . . . well Mulroney was pretty corrupt . . . but he wasn't idealogically corrupt.
06:30 PM on 12/16/2011
so nice to see a government doing things
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06:58 PM on 12/17/2011
Let me fix that for you . . .

"so nice to see a government doing (bad) things"