This doesn’t mean we get an election.
It just means the Government can’t fall before Jan.26th.
Can you confirm this for me Clive?
"This doesn't mean we get an election.
"It just means the Government can't fall before Jan.26th.
"Can you confirm this for me Clive?"
Correct.
All that has happened is that parliament has prorogued until late January. This gives the government time to prepare and deliver the annual Budget Speech which conventionally is delivered in February. Harper remains Prime Minister.
A Canadian Budget speech is not just a matter of taxation and funding the government. It is a major statement of the state of the economy and the government's proposed response to it.
Most of the meat of the Budget speech is not in the oral presentation, but is in the Budget Papers that are tabled as part of the speech. Those papers are simultaneously released to the public.
The budget debate which follows the Budget Speech is a major annual debate. It will be the Opposition parties' first opportunity in the new session to put forth motions of non-confidence.
It will also be the government's opportunity to present its fiscal plans for the nation and to dare the opposition to force the government to take it to the electorate.