Harper shuts down parliament

What's more important to Canadians? Parliamentary debates or gold medal hockey games? Canada's prime minister believes it to be the latter, after the Conservative announced that Canada's parliament was to be suspended untill March 3rd. Recentely in The Economist, it was stated that the Parliament being prorogued would cause 36 government bills waiting to be passed, would have to start anew when Parliament commenced. Prorogation would also mean that many government committees would have to be formed once again, causing the Prime Minister to gain control and the Conservatives being the largest party. As the Olympics will be garnering much attention in the upcoming months, politics in Canada will once again become a second thought.