(In 2009) the Governor General (Michaëlle Jean) however, did not grant her prime minister’s (Harper’s) request until after two hours of consultation with various constitutional experts. Upon the end of her tenure as vicereine, Jean revealed to the Canadian Press that the delay was partly to “send a message—and for people to understand that this warranted reflection”. It was also at the same time said by Peter H. Russell, one of those from whom Jean sought advice, that Canadians ought not regard as an automatic rubber stamp the Governor General’s decision to accept Harper’s advice concerning prorogation; Russell disclosed that Jean granted the prorogation on two conditions: parliament would reconvene soon and, when it did, the Cabinet would present a proposed budget, a vote on which is a confidence matter. This, Russell said, set a precedent that would prevent future prime ministers from advising the prorogation of parliament “for any length of time for any reason”. source

Harper did it to save his own ass … twice: in 2008 to avoid a non-confidence vote and in 2013 to avoid the investigation into the Afghan detainees affair.

Nelson Wiseman, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, wrote of Harper that “no Prime Minister has so abused the power to prorogue”. source

Trudeau has done it once previously to avoid the WE charity scandal.

Just wondering if you’ve spent any time in one of the 16 American prisons that “encourages” prisoners to fight forest fires?

Because if not then you don’t know how it works either, and should probably sit down.

Thou shalt bulldoze thy neighbor to keep the Sabbath holy.

Thanks for posting that.

$10.24 per day is not more than McDonalds pays.

In a 2-party system why should Dems even bother trying to change themselves or how the party operates? I mean they are (or used to be anyway) guaranteed to be voted in again at some point in the future.

As for the last election imo they just didn’t look far enough ahead to see the danger of Trump 2.0. They dilly dallied around with dumb shit, only paying attention to billionaires, completely ignored Americans’ views on Isreal, showed almost zero interest in reigning in food/housing conglomerates’ profits, etc.

On producers only, because consumers don’t have a choice on packaging.

The fuck we should be paying for how big business chooses to package items.

No response.

You’re not a very good genie then.

hahahahaha!!!

No. They’d stolen about $1600 of booze. Definitely not worth the death of a baby and its grandparents.

We’d probably have some difficulty figuring out if Canada was gonna be a Republic or the US would be part of the Commonwealth-type.

I could see that mess boiling down to a duel.

Maybe they would have been fine if they’d signed onto the agreement to only spend the extra billions Trudeau gave them on healthcare, instead of whinging like a bunch of Karens.

but even in that light it seems they should realize not scapegoating/outright persecuting subgroups of the people within your borders could be productive and a boon to your nation as well.

Tho if Modi did that he wouldn’t be able to show himself as a manly-man, becase real men show no mercy.

PP playing his stupid games?

The driver died and the passenger pleaded guilty to 3 charges.

I disagree on the cause tho, as the cops could have just backed off from chasing the vehicle because of the chance of injuries to other drivers, which is what happened (3 deaths).

He probably can’t fit into them anymore.

You’re right. My mistake.

Sweet. Thanks again. :)

Thanks for the info. Went looking for more data and found this hellishness instead.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10946614/liberal-party-new-leader-who-gets-to-vote/

“Unlike Australia and the United Kingdom, Canada does not criminalize interfering in nominations, leadership races, or any other political party process,” the report said.

The report said foreign actors have tried to target leadership races in the past, and “allegedly interfered in the leadership races of the Conservative Party of Canada.”

(Dennis Molinaro, a professor at Ontario Tech University and former security analyst with the government of Canada), said the Liberal Party’s mechanism to elect a leader was “terrible” since it left the door open for foreign agents who might try to influence the leadership race with the least resistance.

There’s a reason Ontario is the only province/territory to have their own provincial police force … and it’s not because it’s a better idea.