Tories can’t get late-night sittings, opposition parties don’t like their ‘cavalier’ ways

Expert says 'poisonous' environment exhausting for Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Grit Leader Stéphane Dion.

The Conservatives say it's "shameful" that opposition parties voted against extending the House's sitting hours last week, something that hasn't happened since 1982 when the House introduced a fixed calendar, but a Parliamentary expert says it's an "expression of discontent" by the opposition par...

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