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Originally Posted by Robbob
With all this talk about proroguing and that MacDonald did it under similar circumstances, I find it very interesting that it wasn't reported in the massive coverage prior to the GG decision as a precedant. Everything I heard was that we were blazing a new trail in Canadian politics going somewhere where this country has never been.
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Actually they are but it isn't on the banner articles. You need to dig a bit.
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Lord Dufferin only reluctantly agreed. But he set a firm time limit on the suspension - 10 weeks. And when Parliament resumed, Sir John A. was censured and had to resign.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../politics/home
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