PM to likely scrap Afghan detainee docs deal if there’s a fall election

If Harper Conservatives win majority next time, loophole would allow PM Stephen Harper to end review if he wished.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will likely scrap his agreement with opposition leaders for a House of Commons review of secret Afghan detainee documents if he calls an election this fall and wins a majority, say an NDP MP and a law professor who has tracked the controversy over torture in Afghanis...

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