Kanadian Korner

[elibraden]

I'm not Canadian, but I've heard of Pierre Trudeau!

BUBBLES FOR PRIME MINISTER!

[Amplituden]

I love the coup d'etat!

I might be able to host such a gathering at my place, I live near Brock and Dundas.

Do you know when the Mr.Brooks thing is happening?

[crumbum]

I don't know -- there seems to be rampant speculation on the board, but I'm just hoping it doesn't happen tonight because I'm totally unprepared.

It sounds like you live very, very close to me.

[emma]

Jeremy lives under crumbum's bed. You heard it here first!

[Amplituden]

Jeremy lives under crumbum's bed. You heard it here first!

I was wondering what that scraping sound was.

[crumbum]

Jeremy lives under crumbum's bed. You heard it here first!

I was wondering what that scraping sound was.

well, i do like to whittle before i go to sleep.

[yesno]

I've been reading how Harper might either get the Governor-General to thwart the majority of the parliament, or get the Queen to appoint a new Governor-General if she won't.

Seems unlikely, but what.  the.  fuck. 

I'm sentimental enough to think it's quaint when modern countries have monarchs for ceremonies and looking cool (and to remind "the people" of their place) but it's kind of annoying that they still have real power.

[crumbum]

I've been reading how Harper might either get the Governor-General to thwart the majority of the parliament, or get the Queen to appoint a new Governor-General if she won't.

Seems unlikely, but what.  the.  fuck. 

I'm sentimental enough to think it's quaint when modern countries have monarchs for ceremonies and looking cool (and to remind "the people" of their place) but it's kind of annoying that they still have real power.

I hadn't heard that Harper was willing to go that far. What a smug, smirking douche.

I really don't think he has a chance at political survival if he tries that trick. The overthrow of a minority government by coalition is a well-established part of our system, and no one is really buying the separatist scare he's attempting to stir up.

[Amplituden]

Harper dug his own grave and he is grasping at straws.

He tried to cut funding to political parties so that only the conservatives and their moneyed constituents can afford to run giant smear campaigns against the other parties.  In addition, when ever other country is taking steps to stimulate their economies, he offers nothing but removing the right to stike from government employees for 3 years. 

Like Dion or not, I think that he has the only realistic policies of all of the parties.  Its just too bad that people can't get over that English isn't his first language.

Harper is going around calling it "undemocratic" that they want to throw him out.

Isn't this actually democracy in action?  We elect people to represent us in parliament and when they for once try and use their power to stand up against bad legislation they are branded as treasonous.

It makes my stomach turn that Harper is going to try and stop our parliament from doing its job.

Fuck the conservative party!

[Bryan]

Yeah, this "anti-democratic" rhetoric doesn't make any sense at all. The same people that were just elected will be sitting in parliament, and the majority of them have come to an agreement. It's pretty straightforward.

I can't see how Harper can survive this without some serious dirty tricks. It seems unlikely that the Governor-General (a Quebecoise woman of colour who has flirted with separatism in the past) will be terribly sympathetic to Harper's agenda. I'd be surprised if Harper could get away with dismissing her.

[emma]

Originally I was all "the Liberals did this a week too late and it is probably not the best move and blah blah blah" but now the whole thing is underway and I am pretty glad. Fuck Stephen Harper, and fuck all the people who say things like "I didn't realize that votes have nothing to do with who gets to govern the country." This whole thing is fantastic, because it means that whatever goes on, dude will have to remember his place, and whoever ends up in charge will have to run the country like they are WORKING WITH OTHER PARTIES instead of doing what he did, which was governing like he had a majority.

Plus, that whole not-signing-in-front-of-a-flag thing? Awesomely stupid. I am excited to watch him completely self-destruct over the next few days.

[yesno]

dude will have to remember his place

Awesome line.

I also subscribe to the "bitchslap" theory of politics.

[chrisfoll577]

Since I have a lot of family up there, I try to pay attention to Canadian politics, though I'll admit I'm not always clear on the fine points.  I'm a big fan of Newfoundland's ridiculous Premier Danny Williams, so I dislike Harper for the way he's handled equalization.  I'm glad about the news, but I dislike the Bloc even more than I do the Conservatives... I wonder at what price will this deal come?

[Amplituden]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/04/harper-jean.html

So the Govenor General has decided to suspend parliament!

I want to puke.

[Bryan]

Boo.

It'll be interesting to see how (or if) the G-G justifies this decision. Surely delaying the inevitable and putting the government on ice for 8 weeks during an economic crisis is a bad idea?