November 2010 - unelected senate defeats climate bill BEFORE debate
"Stephen Harper has done what he always promised never to do – use unelected officials to counter the will of Parliament and the Canadian public," says Graham Saul, ED for Climate Action Network-Canada.
November 2009 – Senior diplomat Richard Colvin is publicly smeared
Richard Colvin, a career senior diplomat, reports to parliamentary committee that Afghan prisoners transferred to Afghan authorities are at risk of torture. The Harper government responds by publicly smearing and attacking Mr. Colvin's character and reputation. An open letter from a group of former ambassadors criticizes the government's treatment of Mr. Colvin as unfair and inappropriate. "The Colvin affair risks creating a climate in which officers may be more inclined to report what they believe headquarters wants to hear, rather than facts and perceptions deemed unpalatable," the former diplomats said.
November 2006 - Women's Law organizations stripped of funding
The National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL), as well as three other prominent national women's organizations, had their funding withdrawn. The Harper government doesn't agree with the legal cases these NGO's advance on behalf of vulnerable women or the advocacy they do to improve women's equality.
June 2007 – Conservative MP Bill Casey is kicked out of caucus
Tory MP, Bill Casey, on a matter of principle related to Canada's equalization program, votes against the 2007 budget and is kicked out of the Harper government caucus.
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