| stof said: Mr. Harper: The people able to pass legislation are no longer my party, please shut down government so that the will of the majority of parliament is ignored and nothing can be done. Mrs. Jean: Sure thing Harper, anything to help you at the expense of everyone else. This is shit. |
Look at this from a more rational perspective ...
The Governor General’s job is to ensure the stability of government. Currently the coalition offers less MPs than the existing Conservative government, led by a party leader who has already resigned and will be replaced in the very near future, with members of the coalition party already showing signs of dissent, and a potential government that has to be propped up by a party with unknown motives which is receiving unknown benefits.
In other words, the Governor General granted prorogation in order to give them an opportunity to table a budget and for the coalition to stabilize. It is quite possible that if the Conservatives lost a confidence vote on Monday she would have had to send Canadians to another election, which (by looking at current polls) could easily have translated into a Conservative majority.
