Under Carney’s minority, that kind of horse trading didn’t happen. From the start, Carney governed as though he had a majority, helped in part by the fact that no one on the Opposition benches wanted a snap election. But he also helped himself by coopting opposition policy, specifically Conservative policy. He suspended the increase of the consumer carbon tax, reversed planned increases to the capital gains tax and axed the Digital Services Tax. Carney did make some compromises, such as to Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Bill, where he agreed to the Bloc Québécois’ demand to remove the exception for religious speech. But overall, his tone was that of a majority, even though he was several seats shy of the mark.