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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:50 AM Original message |
Parliament shut down till Jan. 26 (Canada) |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. FUCK!!! nt |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hmm, Wasn't Mr. McKenzie's rebellion against Crown interference brought about by a recession? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. We picked the GG too |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Is the idea that if Harper can prorogue now, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. No Parliament until January, when round two of this whole debacle begins |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. that much is obvious |
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Astrad (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow, Governor General Michelle-Jean pulls a Katherine Harris. |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. No, she's not pulling a Katherine Harris... |
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Astrad (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Essentially she closed parliament to try and salvage the minority |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. My point simply was... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. No, she closed Parliament. Period. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. in response to Harper's request to prorogue |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Seems amazing an unelected official can have such power |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. and the US Supreme Court is ... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. the suprme court can't shut down Congress. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. snork |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. to help you out |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. as I understood it she could do any of 3 options: |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. no, you understand it completely incorrectly |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's not that bad IMO |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Maybe they'll build up an even bigger following and gain more supporters |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I don't really think anyone won in this whole thing... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I have lots of family in the BQ |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Damn, that fits them to perfectly n/t |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Will Harper ask Junior for military intervention? |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. A very dangerous precedent |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Canada suspends parliament (to prevent vote on Harper) |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well now, Canada just crossed the line. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. O' Canada! |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Seems that Canada's conservative party is walking the line between legal |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Time to hit the streets Canada! That's your bush v Gore Supreme Court over-ride |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Oh no, this sounds like something I would expect to see in the US. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Tories are going to regret this. nt |
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whirlygigspin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Harper learned his lesson well, sorcerers apprentice indeed |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. How will people get the funk? We want the funk. Gotta have that funk |
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