[Sunnyways]

Self-serving, unscheduled prorogations should be reviewed by the Supreme Court, as happened recently in the UK.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion ... ministers/

Our last two PMs have got away with this.

[Thanos]

Chretien did a prorogation as well, to get some breathing space during the worst of the Shawingate/Adscam crisis.

[Sunnyways]

It’s not a party-specific problem. Politicians will use anything that helps them in the short-term.

[Thanos]

It's a chickenshit tool to use to get out from under the spotlight. But it's legal according to the current rules & procedure and not much can be done about it.

[Sunnyways]

Thanos Thanos:

It's a chickenshit tool to use to get out from under the spotlight. But it's legal according to the current rules & procedure and not much can be done about it.

So let’s hope the UK decision that prorogation is justiciable can set a precedent for here as well. Our governments seem particularly irresponsible in this regard. For example, we still haven’t found out what happened to those Afghan detainees - Harper’s 2009 prorogation was enough to kill off interest in the matter for good.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Thanos Thanos:

I detest Trudeau but I genuinely hope that anyone who pushes for an election this year ends up losing most of their seats. Now is not the time for this nonsense.

Yeah, this country hasn't got time for anymore of Prince Groper's shit either. Bad enough we have to put up with the UN's bullshit because of China's bullshit. We don't need a PM rounding out the bullshit trifecta.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:

I don't recall PM Harper proroguing Parliament due to three consecutive violations of ethics, numerous scandals, billions of taxpayer dollars being handed to 'charities' and friends, nor because he wouldn't answer questions in the House about hardly ever being in Parliament for a vote because he was too busy taking 'personal time'.



-J.

Harper initiated the Office of the Ethics Commissioner before he left office, so it's kind of hard for him to be subject to it now, isn't it?

Harper had plenty of his own scandals, if you'd care to look them up. Vic Towes and his conflict of interest problems, putting out legislation that government lawyers told him would be unconstitutional - then having the Supreme Court find them unconstitutional; personal attacks on the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Keystone XL; Muzzling Scientists; burning libraries.

People have short memories.

Oh, and let's not forget the BIG fucking stink the hypocrite Liberals made over a $16 orange juice. But trying to give away over $700 million to their cronies isn't worth Parliament's time apparently.

[Sunnyways]

As long as we engage in whataboutery, we are not going to solve this defect in our political machinery. Any PM in a tight spot will do this if they can, so there has to be some other body which can review such decisions to see if they are just an attempt to avoid accountability.

[uwish]

bootlegga bootlegga:

uwish uwish:

ahh, our journey to a banana republic is almost complete!

Did you say the same when Harper prorogued Parliament in 2008 or 2009 when his government was facing problems?

FWIW, I don't agree with any of these three (or others due to political issues) - I think if a government is facing a scandal, it should face the music instead of running away and hoping it blows over.

No, but I did call him out on it, but when you have a government that has run the longest in a minority parliament, you get away with one!

[fifeboy]

uwish uwish:

ahh, our journey to a banana republic is almost complete!

Banana Republic:
a small, poor country, often reliant on a single export or limited resource, governed by an authoritarian regime and characterized by corruption and economic exploitation by foreign corporations conspiring with local government officials.

Only place in Canada that fits this description is west of 110 longitude and east of the continental divide!