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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
I am happy that the Senate shot down the climate bill before it could get to the house, but I do support term limits.
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Huh? The the climate change bill had already been passed by the house of commons and was in front of the senate for review before receiving royal assent.
Anyway, this week's events were pretty amusing if for no other reason than to see the blatant hypocrisy of Harper. For years when he was in opposition, he blasted the senate because it had the power to kill bills passed by the democratically-elected lower house (although this power was very rarely used -- only three times since 1947 according to an article I read yesterday). Now that he's PM and has been able to stack the senate with loyal Conservatives, he's engaging in the exact same behaviour he formerly attacked the opposition for.
Nothing he's done is against the rules of parliament, of course, but I find his hypocrisy pretty enlightening. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.