Parliament Isn't Dysfunctional

Lawrence Martin in today's Globe talks about the claim that Parliament has become dysfunctional.

He reminds us of two things. First, the Conservatives are hardly innocent of causing chaos in committees -- remember their 200 page handbook on how to hijack committee meetings. Second, if Parliament is so dysfunctional how is it that it passed almost all the legislation put forward by the Government?

None of this is to say we shouldn't have an election this fall. But we should have one because this Parliament is tired and needs a new mandate and not because of a false claim of dysfunction.