Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons

Re:Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons by fsloth on Thursday May 07, 2015 @12:42AM (#9503320)

I have not followed canadian politics. Could someone give a tiny synopsis - Has there been some major political shift there recently or what?

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Re:Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons by alfredxing on Thursday May 07, 2015 @12:44AM (#9503328)

This (quite recent) HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9416549 and the top comment on it explain C-51 quite well.

Current Canadian politics summary: Stephen Harper.

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Re:Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons by jdc on Thursday May 07, 2015 @12:53AM (#9503351)

What surprised me was the the Liberal party helped pass it.

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Re:Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons by ojbyrne on Thursday May 07, 2015 @01:04AM (#9503379)

Politics I believe. The liberals knew it was going to get passed one way or another, and if they voted against it, the Conservatives would use the "supporting terrorism and pedophilia" attack on them in the coming election.

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Re:Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons by badloginagain on Thursday May 07, 2015 @11:10AM (#9505589)

But it's push left leaning voters to NDP. This cuts into the Liberals base something fierce, so unless Trudeau is trying to split the conservative vote (which seems insane) then they've severely stumbled.

They said they'd back it with modifications, no modifications were made, and they voted Yes anyways. What message he was trying to send to voters backing down so easily?

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Re:Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons by tempestn on Thursday May 07, 2015 @02:38AM (#9503592)

I agree. Presumably they have their talking points lined up, this isn't one of them, and they know if they vote with the Conservatives it's a non-issue. That said, it's still really disappointing.

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