Andrew Coyne 's assessment of 'Harper the King'
macksamillion
no punches in describing what he terms is a ruler out of control.
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The Short Parliament
by Andrew Coyne on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:39am - 305 Comments
As Canadian democracy spirals further down the drain:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will prorogue Parliament Wednesday for a two-month break.
The House of Commons and the Senate will come back in March, after the Vancouver
Olympics, for a Speech from the Throne and a budget. The move will have the effect of
stalling all bills currently in Parliament, including crime bills that the government had
said were being delayed by the opposition.
A post-Olympic return would also shut down government committees, which would stop MPs
from pursuing the Afghan detainee controversy until Parliament returned.
Question: In what other democracy is it permissible for the government of the day to hide
from the legislature for months at a time? To ignore explicit parliamentary votes
demanding the production of documents? To stonewall independent inquiries? Perhaps the
rules allow it elsewhere, but is it the practice? Does convention not still forbid it? Is
it not viewed in other countries as dictatorial behaviour, and therefore, you know � not
done?
So, rather than submit himself to the inquiries of elected parliamentarians, the King will
dismiss Parliament, in the grand tradition of kings past. The question is: what will
Parliament do now? If historical precedent is any guide, it should meet anyway. Let those
MPs who wish to do the people�s business convene on the usual timetable, and let those
with other loyalties disport themselves as they may.
If MPs are barred at the doors to Parliament � and wouldn�t that be an interesting scene �
let them meet somewhere else. A tennis court would do nicely.
Roy
wrote:
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Yes, they could have another "Long Parliament", just like in the days
of old...only they would have to have it a Legion hall somewhere in
the boonies.
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Roy
> out of Queen's Park for almost a year when he was practicing to be a
> premier.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
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Obviously Rae didn't practice long enough as his governance was a
total failure. I watched his shenanigans from day one and was appalled
at what his government did.
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The Doctor
Roy <wil...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Jan 1, 12:19=A0pm, E. Barry Bruyea <termlim...@democracy.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:00:25 -0800 (PST), Roy <wila...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
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>> >On Dec 31 2009, 1:33 pm, "macksamillion" <macksamill...@work.now>
>> >wrote:
>s. And he's pulling
>> >> no punches in describing what he terms is a ruler out of control.
>> >> ________________________
>>
>> >> Categories: Andrew Coyne's Blog
>> >> The Short Parliament
>> >> by Andrew Coyne on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:39am - 305 Comments
>> >> As Canadian democracy spirals further down the drain:
>>
> two-month break.
>>
>> >> The House of Commons and the Senate will come back in March, after the=
> Vancouver
>> >> Olympics, for a Speech from the Throne and a budget. The move will hav=
>e the effect of
>> >> stalling all bills currently in Parliament, including crime bills that=
> the government had
>> >> said were being delayed by the opposition.
>>
>h would stop MPs
>> >> from pursuing the Afghan detainee controversy until Parliament returne=
>d.
>>
>> >> Question: In what other democracy is it permissible for the government=
> of the day to hide
>ntary votes
>> >> demanding the production of documents? To stonewall independent inquir=
>ies? Perhaps the
>> >> rules allow it elsewhere, but is it the practice? Does convention not =
>still forbid it? Is
>> >> it not viewed in other countries as dictatorial behaviour, and therefo=
>re, you know not
>> >> done?
>>
>rians, the King will
>> >> dismiss Parliament, in the grand tradition of kings past. The question=
> is: what will
>> >> Parliament do now? If historical precedent is any guide, it should mee=
>t anyway. Let those
>> >> MPs who wish to do the people s business convene on the usual timetabl=
>e, and let those
>> >> with other loyalties disport themselves as they may.
>>
>nteresting scene
>> >> let them meet somewhere else. A tennis court would do nicely.
>>
>> >Yes, they could have another "Long Parliament", just like in the days
>> >of old...only they would have to have it a Legion hall somewhere in
>> >the boonies.
>>
>> I love Bob Rae's comment; Bob Rae, who kept the provincial parliament
>> out of Queen's Park for almost a year when he was practicing to be a
>> premier.- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
>
>Obviously Rae didn't practice long enough as his governance was a
>total failure. I watched his shenanigans from day one and was appalled
>at what his government did.
This is why the he went back to the Liberals
realising Socialism is pie in the sky.
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> I love Bob Rae's comment; Bob Rae, who kept the provincial parliament
> out of Queen's Park for almost a year when he was practicing to be a
> premier.
You have a really hard time staying on the topic of federal politics without going into
the provincial realm, don't you?
Rich
news:LT7%m.26$XU...@newsfe03.iad:
Doesn't matter. Harper, despite Canada's strong economic ties to the
U.S. allowed the country to weather the devastating, Clinton-engineered
economic meltdown better than just about any Western country. People
realize this and that is why the liberals will lose the next election.
Economics is all that matters, no matter what some sucky journalist has
to say.