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> Other than that - are we going to see an endless succession of free votes in the house (Harper's pat answer to a host of issues) so that the Conservatives can issue or deny their Good and Wholesome Stamp of Approval on matters that most people would prefer not see the Conservatives mess with in the first place? That's going to get real tired, real fast. I find it real odd that a political party has such a high view of itself that it can take matters than have been dealt with by the courts, public opinion, and successive previous governments and say that the status of these matters have no value until they're officially Sanitized and Approved by a free vote of the Good, Noble, and Informed Conservative party of Canada. Good luck - I think any party that thinks that way deserves many more years in the wilderness! (meaning, out of government, not actually in the wilderness).

No, wilderness is a good place for thinkers like that.