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September 25th, 2014

Conservatives to shut down debate for the 76th and 77th times?

Some conservatives might feel good about supporting Michael Chong’s bill last night, but they’ll line up today to shut down debate on two bills.

As they say: go with what you know. Let’s check the all-time-leader board.

And the gold for failure goes to….

34th Parliament 1988-1993: 30 time allocation, 15 closure = 45
35th Parliament 1993-1997: 30 time allocation, 5 closure = 35
36th Parliament 1997-2000: 30 time allocation, 2 closure = 32
37th Parliament 2001-2005: 14 time allocation, 4 closure = 18
41st Parliament 2011-present: 70 time allocation, 7 closure = 77

Stephen Harper!

Canadians deserve better.