Posted on 12/07/2008 6:32:08 AM PST by mkjessup
TORONTO — The Toronto Star is quoting senior Liberal Party sources as saying it is now a forgone conclusion that Stephane Dion will resign as Liberal leader before Christmas. In a report Sunday, the newspaper says it is likely Dion will come under irresistible pressure to step down at the Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday.
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For your morning amusement...LOL
What in the hell is going on in Canada? I’m glad we don’t have a parlimentary system where a coalition of groups can join together and effectively overturn the will of the people following a recent election like in Canada. You talk about chaos! It’s like a bloodless coup.
Or you could live in CA like me where we passed Prop 8 [twice] ... and the state is still going to overturn it.
BTW, why did Canada never rebel and leave Britain?
Canada was the ‘good son’ who honored it’s father’s wishes and stayed loyal to King George, as opposed to those ungrateful scalawags and rebels in the American colonies, lol
It’s like a bloodless coup.
And what the hell do you think we just witnessed here in the US?
It’s the same thing??
The opposition parties (LIEberals, Communist (NDP) and the Bloc-head secessionists in Quebec) overreached it appears, as the latest polls show that if an election were held today in Canada, that Harper and his conservatives would win with approximately 45+ percent of the vote which would give them a solid majority.
If the coup plotters try to topple the government again next month, I believe Harper will end up being PM for a very long time after the electorate speaks.
Canadians may tilt liberal, but they believe in fair play and they didn’t appreciate the attempted coup d’etat of this past week.
“What in the hell is going on in Canada? I’m glad we don’t have a parlimentary system where a coalition of groups can join together and effectively overturn the will of the people following a recent election like in Canada”
“Overturning the will of the people” is exactly the rationale the Senate democrats will use in 2009 when they employ “the nuclear option” to change the 60-vote filibuster rule, so that a “minority” of 42 Republicans won’t be able to thwart “the will of the people”....
- John
So the opposition can call for elections at any time?
No, they can’t call for elections on a whim, but if they were able to topple the government (for example, on a budget motion, or a no-confidence vote), it would result in the current minority government (Harper’s gov’t) being thrown out of power, and the Governor-General (the Queen’s ‘representative’ in Canada) would call for an election.
What the opposition coalition plotters were trying to do was to get the Governor-General to just sign off on their plan to jettison Harper and his party from power, and they were going to just waltz right in with Dion as the PM, and literally take over the reins of government without a vote.
Fortunately, reason prevailed.
I as thinking about that yesterday. It has to have an effect on how you think of your country and its place in the world. No wonder they are such wusses!!!
“Overturning the will of the people” is exactly the rationale the Senate democrats will use in 2009 when they employ “the nuclear option” to change the 60-vote filibuster rule, so that a “minority” of 42 Republicans won’t be able to thwart “the will of the people”....
The spineless GOP could have used an existing rule (nuclear option) to get a floor vote on judicial appointments a few years back but chose to capitulate to the left. The majority makes the rules. When the GOP starts acting like conservatives again then they will regain control of Congress and make the rules. Copying the left’s agenda obviously doesn’t appeal to voters. They opted for the real thing instead.
“What the opposition coalition plotters were trying to do was to get the Governor-General to just sign off on their plan to jettison Harper and his party from power, and they were going to just waltz right in with Dion as the PM, and literally take over the reins of government without a vote.”
Absolutely frightening!
Er . . . I think we are at this place as well. Bailouts, earmarks, Immigration, two-Party duopoly, etc. all are examples of interests overriding the clear will of the majority of the people. Really no difference IMO.
Sadly, very true.
Because the British weren't stupid a second time. When Canada was ready for independence they got it.
Does Dion actually understand spoken English?
That's not soon enough.
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