He will influence the debate, but he has no chance of winning.

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It was most of all, safe. There's nothing really that the opposition can get a handle on and hammer the government with in that throne speech.

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The idea of him penalizing his home province is obviously a very difficult one politically, and he didn't want to discuss it in any significant way.

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(The government) is afraid that Canadians, seeing the bodies, seeing the coffins, that the images are so strong it's turning people off on the mission.

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