Sunday, January 10, 2010

Conservative use of prorogue is anything BUT routine

The rebuttal to Conservatives who protest that proroguing of Parliament is ‘routine’ « Scott's DiaTribes < read the full post.
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Conservative apologists for this have been saying, as has become their habit: What’s the big deal? Jean Chretien prorogued a few times too. It’s routine. Except it’s not routine in a minority Parliament. It’s not routine when you have dozens of bills on the table and work left undone. And it’s not routine to do it two years in a row, and in both cases when you’re under intense political pressure from the opposition.

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