Harper - a PM who delays votes is rapidly losing moral authority to govern

Harper in 2005: PM who delays votes ‘rapidly losing moral authority to govern’ | Jerad Gallinger

I think they are just signing their own death warrant. This is the kind of behaviour a government does when it is scared to death of the electorate.

When a government starts trying to cancel dissent or avoid assent is frankly when it’s rapidly losing its moral authority to govern. - Stephen Harper April 2005