What a terrible precedent that has been set by the Governor General, that a Prime Minister can just dodge a vote of Confidence any time they feel like it.
I can't help but feel that those in the West would have been outraged had this happened in reverse back when Paul Martin faced a confidence motion.
A sad say for Canada.
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7 comments:
I am surprised. The GG is a cultured educated person, unlike the Cons who are uneducated boors. She is honest amongst a bunch of pathological liars. She is an Afro-Canadian, a Quebecois and an immigrant facing a party of racists and xenophobes. She is a Quebec nationalist and a person of the left facing a group who thinks both are Satanic. If I were her, nothing would have delighted me more than to kick their asses out of government, even if it were to bring down a torrent of racist venom on me. What happened to her to do this?
I don't know what to think anymore. Apparently the polls are showing the Tories would win in a blowout now. Maybe we should just let them wear the recession for however long until Canadians think they deserve. People don't seem to want to understand how the Westminster system of government works and think coalitions are anti-democratic, which may come as a shock to citizens of Israel and Germany, both of whom have coalitions negotiated AFTER the election. Whatever.
I'm thinking Harper must have threatened her, saying things like "You'll go down in history as the worst GG ever." bringing up King-Byng, etc.
What pisses me off the most is she didn't even bother to meet with the Coalition members before she made her decision.
Uneducated bores? Nice to see you taking the high road.
Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean was in tune with public opinion across the country when she agreed Thursday to suspend, or prorogue Parliament until Jan. 26 at the request of Harper. Almost seven in 10 of those surveyed Tuesday and Wednesday gave prorogation a thumbs up.
The Tories also were deemed by almost six in 10 Canadians to be the best managers of the economy in these troubling times.
It's not the GG's job to poll every time they have a decision to make. This set a terrible precedent and if it happened in reverse you'd be seeking the GG's head so don't try to bullshit us by claiming you have moral superiority.
I wonder if Harper had won a majority and after a year or so, the polls confirmed the majority of Canadians wanted Harper to resign. Would Harper resign or would Canadians have to wait for an election?
Judging by the recent polls, probably a good thing for any Liberal. I mean, the Tories at almost 50% in Ontario, good God. I don't think this will hold, but better to wait until they slide and then go rather than now. Also as for coalitions in other countries, usually the party with the most seats forms the government, although usually they are more concilatory too than Harper since its a non-issue. Also if coalitions are the norm, usually most parties are put on the spot as to who they would form a coalition with so no surprises ever. Because they are so rare in Canada, they are never discussed. It would be nice if people knew more about the Westminster system, although maybe people don't support the system, who knows. If it were up to me, we would have instant run offs in every riding where no one got over 50% and this would probably ensure a two party system anyways. My proposal would be to use preferential ballots where one ranks their candidates rather than simply chooses one so at least that one the argument of vote splitting and strategic voting is thrown out the window. Australia uses this. France also uses a somewhat similiar system although the problem with theres is it is only between the top two parties and if you have enough parties on the ballot you could have what happened in 2002 where it is between the centre-right UMP and the far right National Front whereas under an instant run off only the lowest candidate is knocked off in each round.
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