The Harper government's decision to have Parliament prorogued in the dead of Christmas week sets a record for taking out the trash.
That's the political term for a government dumping unwelcome or unpopular announcements at times when the news is likely to be ignored. Embarrassed by a damning report? Release it on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend
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It is the difference of 25 sitting days - nearly half of them during the Olympics.
Don't you think all MP's want to be involved in the Olympics cheering on their local athletes.
And, do you really think the senate is going to pass any of the bills they have stuck now without watering them down which makes them ineffectual?
I say, this is a great move for Canadians- only bad for grandstanding opposition members who most likely had a coalition coup in mind during the Olympics when the Conservative numbers were down.
Screw a coalition, it's now time for a MERGE. This is total anarchy now.
PHOTO OPS, that's why now!
FIRST it was cheques as props! Brilliant! It helped get Harper into majority territory, only to lose it once the props were nolonger available.
NOW it is Canadian athletes who will provide Canada its first Gold on home soil, and Canada getting the most medals ever! Brilliant! But Harper will not let the opportunity for a majority slip away this time: election early April.
Not one person wants parliament during the Olympics, well maybe a few basement liberal bloggers oblivious of Kristina Groves winning Gold the 1500 long track.
Pierre Trudeau prorogued Parliament to, but according to Liberals that’s OK, what else did Pierre and his henchmen do?
Steal from Canadian taxpayers?
I wonder how many old guard Libs held shares in Petrofina before Petro Canada, under Maurice Strong, with the guidance of Trudeau paid over $100 a share when they were worth less than $20?
Wouldn’t it be nice to unseal that deal that has been hidden from Canadians as a state secret for so long?
“Pierre’s father owned a chain of gas stations in Quebec which he sold to Petro Fina prior to WWII. As payment, Pierre’s dad got a lot of shares in Petro Fina. This sale made Pierre Trudeau heir to a sizeable fortune. Pierre’s dad died leaving his fortune to his wife.
In the 1970’s the Arabs jacked up the price of oil and the Canadian government under Pierre Trudeau decided it needed a national “toy” oil company, i.e. Petro Canada. The boys in Ottawa decided they needed a chain of gas stations in their “toy” oil company. Petro Fina owned a chain of gas stations in eastern Canada. The stock was trading at about 10 bucks. The government began negotiations with Petro Fina and its stock rose and rose and rose. Finally, the government closed the Petro Fina deal, got the chain of gas stations, paid Petro Fina big dollars and our government got more debt.
Mrs. Trudeau got rich on the shares she held and Pierre was very happy to see his Momma get rich because he was the heir of her estate. A number of years later, Momma died and Pierre got rich too.
The documents concerning the sale were sealed for fifty years as state secret.
Pierre Trudeau, our CBC created national hero, was a crook.”
via David Akin blog;
Jean Chretien prorogued Parliament four times during his time as Prime Minister: February 5, 1996; September 18, 1999; September 16, 2002; and November 12, 2003.
On each occasion, the Liberals killed their own legislation. Several bills ended up dying over and over again due to Liberals proroguing Parliament or calling early elections.
September 16, 2002 – After a summer of Liberal in-fighting and Jean Chretien being forced to announce his planned retirement date in August, Chretien prorogued Parliament, killing legislation so that he could unveil his legacy agenda.
According [to] Eddie Goldenberg, Chretien decided to have a Throne Speech just to test the will of the Martinite forces who were trying to push him out early: Chretien was happy. “I like that. It is exactly what we just discussed. Prepare me a statement. But just one more thing,” said the old fox. “I want a Throne Speech in the fall. The government will stand or fall on it. If they want to vote against me on it, then it is the one case in which I will run again.” (Eddie Goldenberg, The Way it Works, p. 380)
November 12, 2003 – Jean Chretien announced that Parliament was prorogued on the eve of the Liberal leadership convention (so Chretien and Martin didn’t have to sit together in the House of Commons and face a dispute over who was Prime Minister). Martin did not become Prime Minister until December 12, 2003 and Parliament did not resume until February 2, 2004 – almost four months later
The current session has lasted as long as many comparable sessions under the Liberals, and longer than several of the sessions under Jean Chretien and Paul Martin.
From the Library of Parliament modern prorogation;
26th Parliament Trudeau 1963/12/21,1965/4/3
27th Parliament Trudeau 1967/5/8
28th Parliament Trudeau 1969/10/22,1970/10/7,1972/2/16
29th Parliament Trudeau 1974/2/26
30th Parliament Trudeau 1976/10/12,1977/10/17,1978/10/10,1983/11/30
33rd Parliament Mulroney1986/8/28
34th Parliament 1989/2/28,1991/5/12
35th Parliament Chretien1996/2/2
36th Parliament 1999/9/18
37th Parliament 2002/9/16,2003/11/12
39th Parliament Harper 2007/9/14
40th Parliament 2008/12/4
Can we swiftly mobilize such a heavily propagandized population to take mass non-violent action? We'll need the unions help.
I don't think school kids had time off during the Winter Games in Calgary back in '88.
Stephen Harper sit down, be quiet and get back to work!
The truth you speak is what I think. I am furious! I'm not sure why I am furious, but when I see my brave Xena Warrior Princess Libby Davies rocking her lips of fury, I am placed into a hypnotic trance of moral outrage.
Marx,
You are cut & pasting this same comment all over the Liberal blogosphere, in almost every post.
Don't have an original thought each time?
My need to correct such blatant mathematical statements requires me to point out that the one Anon who said that the Nov 12 2003 proroguation by the Chretien government lasted nearly 4 months obviously cannot count. November 12, 2003 to February 2, 2004 is *under* 3 months. Still a long time, and frankly I think proroguing should be banned by all PMs, but at least state the facts as they are.
If you think Trudeau was a crook what the hell was Mulroney? He lied through his teeth under oath and Canadians fell for it. Let's not forget how he sold us out to the Americans. That I call treason. At least Trudeau loved Canada and sure knew how to tell the neighbours to the south what to do and where to go.
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