Comments on: Canada is screwed in the long term

By: klem

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:47:28 +0000

Yup you’re screwed. Give up.

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By: klem

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:44:23 +0000

Harper won’t be throwing masses of law abiding citizens into his prisons. He’ll be throwing only the law breaking citizens into his prisons.

cheers

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By: Gyor

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:35:59 +0000

I used to fear this until I did some research. The senate can’t legally block any legistlation that is a bill of confidence, such as money bills. A government can designate what ever legislation they want as confidence vote.

Do you honestly think the system would be set up with no way to break a commons vs. senate deadlock?

Commons has to have the power to trump the senate otherwise it would not count as a democracy, we’d be a less religious Iran.

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By: MoS

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:06:41 +0000

Given the woeful state of both opposition parties today Canadians will have to look outside Parliament in dealing with Harper. In British Columbia, for example, a nascent but widespread resistance is building against the Northern Gateway pipeline/supertanker venture that’s being rammed down our throats. I expect you’ll see some very prominent decision-shapers, scientists, academics and other notables joining together with other fine, law-abiding citizens and the First Nations to stand against this even if that means risking prosecution. Let Harper start throwing masses of law abiding citizens into his prisons. See how far he gets. That’s the sort of thing we have to do when Parliament so fails the Canadian people.

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