The Liberals backed away from electoral reform, when it became obvious that the public weren't buying their choice of ranked ballot, which would have meant Liberal governments indefinitely. They attempted to control Parliamentary debate and committee work last May, but again a Commons revolt and public scrutiny caused them to back down. They are back at it again, with the same attempt to control Parliament and limit debate and now seek to cripple the PBO.  During the Harper years ,hardly a month went by, where there wasn't talk of how Harper had a secret agenda,and how he was going to seize control of Parliament. Turns out that agenda was so secret , it never saw the light of day and life went on. Trudeau and his advisors also have an agenda, and it is hardly secret, as all of the moves are blatantly transparent, total control of all aspects of government, and little to no accountability. Not exactly what the voters were promised, is it.