Does Constitutional Monarcy Ring Any Bells...

...or how about the times the Liberals prorogued or Bob Rae's use of proroguing of Queen's Park on at least three occassions.

 

Darcy Meyers: Ignatieff proposals are pleasant but largely pointless

Posted: January 25, 2010, 5:00 PM by NP Editor

"If these rules were in place in 2008 Canada would have had Prime Minister Stephane Dion, with Gilles Duceppe and Jack Layton around the cabinet table."

 Whenever changes are proposed to address a particular issue, one of the first things that should be asked is what are the unintended consequences of such actions? It is not suprising, given the recent headlines, that today Michael Ignatieff has produced some suggestions to limit Prime Ministerial prerogative and the power to prorogue.  While his suggestions appear to hit the right populist notes, and attempts to address the major concerns put forward by the anti-proroguers, they may lead to significant governance challenges down the road. While the actual legislation or procedures will have to be Constitutionally tested, let’s assume for the time being that they respect the Constitution and our conventions and still carry some authoritative weight (this is highly unlikely). Mr. Ignatieff has asked for 10 days written notice of prorogation, and a full debate in the house and achieve consent of a majority of MP’s.  He has also proposed that committees continue their work until the next session opens, that the delay between sessions be no longer than one month, and that prorogation not be used to dodge a confidence vote.

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Bob Rae "the Prince of Prorogation"

It was compelling television to watch Pierre Poilievre remind Bob of his history of proroguing as Premier of Ontario right after Bob finished a partisan rant on Prime Minister Harper usurping democracy. Bob attempted to deflect by looking down at his shoes and repeating "this is not about me". When Pierre was done and Solo started setting up the next subject, Bob sat back in his chair and mad...

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