"If the Prime Minister were to quit tomorrow, the government bills passed on his watch might not take more than a page — and none would be deemed significant enough to grace his political gravestone. ...
"A legislative machine that is essentially reprocessing the same old material over a period of years is not a normal feature of minority rule. In the past, some of the most activist federal and provincial governments have been minority ones.
"But a paucity of significant legislation is not synonymous with the absence of an agenda. ...
"To maximize his control over the government, the minority Parliament and the civil service, the Prime Minister has recurrently ventured where none of his predecessors had dared to tread."
Full article: Hébert: After five years, Harper’s legacy a blank slate.
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