Reply #2: CP: Record doesn't support PM's claim that Liberal senators have blocked crime bills

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OTTAWA - Stephen Harper is appealing to Canadians' fear of crime to justify the appointment of five new Conservative senators.

"Our government is serious about getting tough on crime. Since we were first elected, we have made it one of our highest priorities," the prime minister said in a statement Friday announcing his latest Senate picks.

"The Liberals have abused their Senate majority by obstructing and eviscerating law and order measures that are urgently needed and strongly supported by Canadians."

With Friday's new additions, the Conservatives finally outnumber the Liberals in the upper chamber, although they are still just short of an absolute majority. That new dominance, the Harper government asserted, will finally enable the Tories to speed their tough-on-crime agenda through the Senate and make Canada a safer place.

Then again, maybe not.

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