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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 05 > Canadian parliament shut down

Canadian parliament shut down

Prime minister’s bid to forestall a no-confidence vote spurs outrage

By Ian Austen / The Bulletin
December 5, 2008

OTTAWA — Canada’s parliamentary opposition reacted with outrage on Thursday after Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down the legislature until Jan. 26, seeking to forestall a no-confidence vote that he was sure to lose and, possibly, provoking a constitutional crisis.

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