Two-thirds of Canadians disapprove of Harper’s plans to prorogue Parliament: poll

'When correctly used, as it is being this time, prorogation is a perfectly legitimate Parliamentary manoeuvre, but the Prime Minister has poisoned the chalice with his past misapplications of this tactic, and the public now has no patience with it,' says Forum Research president Lorne Bozinoff.

PARLIAMENT HILL—A decisive majority of Canadian voters are opposed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to prorogue Parliament this fall and delay a return for MPs and Senators to grill the government over the Senate expense scandal, a new Forum Research poll suggests.

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