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Originally Posted by ikaris
Let me preface my next statement by saying that I'm glad Harper prorogued parliament to allow for some time for a cooling off period.
How is this action democratic? For all the people railing off against the coalition saying that it is "undemocratic," isn't this the most egregious offense of them all? To close down parliament because you're about to fail a confidence vote? I wonder how people would respond to this if this was a Liberal government that just prorogued parliament.
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Can we use the liberal 'but it's in the constitution' response, as was used to excuse the liberal attempte to overturn the last election decision?
He used a tactic fully allowed under the constitution to give members of parliment to go back to their ridings and find out what the people they represent want. What's undemocratic about that?