If you're looking for a strong summary of what's set to happen in Ottawa next week, look no further than Dr. Dawg.
Disappointingly, you won't find the same in David Akin's preview. At best, one could assume that the fault for a painful "Focus on Harper Agenda" headline (which could just have easily originated in the PMO as any news organization) lies with an editor rather than Akin. But it's beyond bizarre for Akin to frame the impending showdown over the relative roles of the executive and legislative branches as a battle between the opposition parties and "traditional powers and privileges of the prime minister", rather than between a Parliament looking only to assert its historical supremacy and an executive which is in the midst of an unprecedented power grab. And one has to figure that the Cons will be glad to seize on a similar line of rhetoric as part of their effort to neuter the House of Commons.
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