Harper ‘trying to annihilate the opposition’ by killing per-vote subsidies, says Grit MP Easter

Bitter lines are being drawn over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plan to end a government subsidy for political parties as the first budget of his majority government nears—with one Liberal calling Mr. Harper a 'dictator' for arbitrarily ending the $2-a-vote allowance and the NDP vowing to oppose the move because 'it’s undemocratic.'

PARLIAMENT HILL—Bitter lines are being drawn over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plan to end a government subsidy for political parties as the first budget of his majority government nears—with one Liberal calling Mr. Harper a “dictator” for arbitraril...

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