You’ve changed

The New Democrats sent up backbencher Dan Harris just before Question Period yesterday with the following.

Mr. Speaker, when in opposition the Conservatives were outraged by an arrogant government that hid from the opposition by invoking closure. Now they have done it nine times since the election. The Minister of Public Safety once said: “For the government to bring in closure and time allocation is wrong. It sends out the wrong message to the people of Canada. It tells the people of Canada that the government is afraid." The Minister of Canadian Heritage decried: “...the arrogance of the government in invoking closure again." The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration once called it “...yet more unfortunate evidence of the government’s growing arrogance." One more quote. “The government is simply increasingly embarrassed by the state of the debate and it needs to move on." That one was from the Prime Minister himself. These out of touch Conservatives came here to change Ottawa. Instead, Ottawa changed them. In six short years they have become everything they used to oppose.

See previously: Like a young Pat Martin, No time for debate and If he were here to see this, Stephen Harper would be so disappointed