https://hashbang.ca/tag/mgeist Recent content in Mgeist on Hashbang.ca Hugo en-us Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:37:00 -0400 https://hashbang.ca/post/on-bill-c-11 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:37:00 -0400 https://hashbang.ca/post/on-bill-c-11/ <p>Between April 2006 and March 2011, Canada was governed by a minority Conservative government, meaning the government needed the co-operation of the opposition parties to pass legislation. Despite a lot of talk about minority governments necessarily yielding instability, having a minority government forestalled the worst of the Conservatives&rsquo; plans. In the last federal election in March, the Conservative Party won a majority of the seats in Parliament &ndash; meaning they have enough votes to pass any legislation they want, barring opposition within their own party. Given Prime Minister Stephen Harper&rsquo;s iron-fisted control over his caucus, that&rsquo;s unlikely.</p>