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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Well, there is a difference between saying "government shouldn't be doing this", and stating a lie like "doing this is unconstitutional." Layton is looking to smear the Conservatives to try and regain support and/or save the coalition, nothing more.
Did they expect Harper was going to sit idly by and do nothing while the prorogue is in place?
At any rate, I may be wrong, but Senate appointments go through the GG's office as well. If there is an issue with making the announcements during this time, they simply will be rejected or suspended pending the resumption of the HoC.
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Well TBQH that is the whole failing of prorogation in the first place....it does tie your hands as a government so you basically have to sit back and do nothing.
I don't disagree with the rest of your post here, and I am not saying that I support Layton. But there is something wrong with a government being able to prorogue parliament and then run around and function as though they have power. (You clearly aren't going to agree in this situation, but you can't deny that the precedent is something bad from a purely democratic point of view?).