Stephen Harper has lost his mojo

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Suddenly, the Conservatives were on the back-foot, which is where they have remained every since. A feel-good story had turned sour. The government’s problem was compounded this week when Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said that the Canadian maternal health effort would not only avoid funding abortion services but also improved access to contraception. “It does not deal in any way, shape or form with family planning. Indeed, the purpose of this is to be able to save lives,” he told the Foreign Affairs committee.

Touch-paper lit, the usual Liberal suspects spluttered their outrage. “This is just so upsetting to the women of Canada and the world,” frothed Carolyn Bennett. “Women’s rights are human rights and this government is literally denying that and playing ideology at the forefront of their agenda,” trilled Hedy Fry.


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One case of confusion in government could be dismissed as careless, but three in one week suggests a trend. On Wednesday, the Conservatives held three different positions on the potential ban of “10-percenter” mailings in the space of three hours.


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