Disgusted. Harper doesn't have the confidence of the House and is allowed to stay? What's democratic about that.
-ganlaoyou(GANLAOYOU);
2008-12-4(#4894345@0)
Harper may lost the confidence of the House. But Dion NEVER HAD the confidence of PEOPLE
-bighorse(bighorse);
2008-12-4(#4895036@0)
Even MP's opinion is not inline with people, they ought to be given certain period of time in the house. this is a parliament democracy, not a referendum democracy. compare to USA system, Canadian vote much more.
-321gold(老道);
2008-12-4(#4895269@0)
GG agrees to suspend Parliament: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/04/harper-jean.html
-guanshui88(约定);
2008-12-4(#4894347@0)
Actually, you are right partially. Everyone thought GG is a symbolic figure. I believe that Martin did consult Harper. But this is a historical event. Nobody expect this would have happened
-cconservative(cconservative);
2008-12-4(#4894382@0)
Canada is a simple country. SO the system is a bit simple. And it is hard to handle these complicated situation.
-cconservative(cconservative);
2008-12-4(#4894414@0)
Nearly two months vacation. Our government is going to have a collective timeout. Ridiculous. In the middle of an economic crisis and our government goes on a sabbatical.
-ganlaoyou(GANLAOYOU);
2008-12-4(#4894375@0)
Actually, that the government still functions. As you know, the Christmas will occupy lots of the break.
By the way, before U.S. takes any concrete action, Canada should be very careful in spending the money
-cconservative(cconservative);
2008-12-4(#4894389@0)
set a dangerous precedent, that any future Prime Minister can simply avoid a confidence vote by shutting down Parliament.
-ganlaoyou(GANLAOYOU);
2008-12-4(#4894384@0)
The coalition is also unprecedent. Nobody won in this crisis. Luckily, the country is still in a stable state
-cconservative(cconservative);
2008-12-4(#4894396@0)
I hope the coalition proceeds in January and presents legislation that will give Canadians representative democracy, so that we will never be faced with being ruled by a tyranny minority again in the future.
-ganlaoyou(GANLAOYOU);
2008-12-4(#4894452@0)
Reached a decision without having listened to both sides, without out any conditions? The mess will be messier. This GG is a NO NO NO. She doesn’t know anything what so ever. Coming from a news anchor background just did whatever Harper told her to.
-axe(Just A Joke);
2008-12-4(#4894572@0)