Suspended!

[pyat]

The Governor General decided to suspend Parliament till January, so that the PM can try with a new budget. BOO! BOO! Down with outmoded royalist trappings! Death to the Aristos! Treason! Riot! Revolt! Anti-democracy! Everyone storm the Winter Palace and stand about on tables, waving bits of paper! Down with the GG!

;)

Comments

[mar2nee.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you. We don't have a legitimate government now, because they don't have the confidence of the parliament.

It's like we're in the states or something, and you get a judge to say that the recounts are interfering with your effectiveness in ruling.

I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt, but since we're Canadian, we can probably have peaceful riots. At least, we can email our MPs, the PMO, the GG, etc.

Very very stupid, not in line with our constitution, and in all other ways, crappy.

[barkman.livejournal.com]

I'm not storming the White Castle... I don't know what goes into those burgers! oh wait... Winter Palace.... nevermind.

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

The middle ground. Pretty much what I expected: Both sides get a chance to work on their case, we avoid another Christmas Campaign, the Liberal-appointed GG doesn't appear to be a Liberal puppet, and the Coalition can still attempt their coup this January.

Of course, if Harper is smart he'll give billions to kittens and general Lolcat support. That way, if the Coalition still attempts to vote down the budget he can hope for an election where he can claim the other parties all hate kittens.

And what kind of monster hates kittens?

Doug.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Damn, that sucks.

Hopefully she'll do the right thing in January.

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

See if I watch her CBC entertainment programme again!

What?

Oh. That was the other one.


Well, I'm still irked.

[amarafox.livejournal.com]

Booo!

[paka.livejournal.com]

Hey, storming the Winter Palace. I can do that!

*charges across plaza, waving Moisin-Nagant rifle as the Aurora shells downtown Ottowa, "Tocsin" from the Schostakovich 11th playing in the background.*

[pwned-kisa.livejournal.com]

You seem very cheerful about this, so I'm going to assume that this isn't really that big an issue.

In other words... I haz no comment, I just wanted to see what the pretty buttons did.

[warphammer.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I know this isn't ACTUALLY going to happen (for a lot of reasons), but it would be the coolest thing to watch from down here if when this lifts they do the no-confidence vote, form a new government, then immediately go for the 'nuke everything' option: Declare a republic and invest the GG's powers in a popularly elected someone-or-other.

[anidada.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the rallies scheduled for this weekend will go ahead as planned. Frankly, I'm up for it. I wants me mah coalition, dammit.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

She's pretty, though.

[shurhaian.livejournal.com]

While I'm quite disappointed with this step, I really don't think it's going to do Harper any favours. Tory claims that getting the support of the Bloc is anti-Canadian are hypocritical, and the media is going to have a field day with them, and with Harper staving off opposition by calling a recess *yet again*.

Hopefully it'll actually get through to people that the man really isn't trustworthy.

[j-cat.livejournal.com]

I sense, sir, that you are having a go at me.