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transplant99 · 04-29-2011, 05:44 AM

I see the Liberals are sabre rattling again about Harper prorogueing parliament.

I will simply ask this....were you as up in arms about it when Chretian did the same thing....4 times...including once to prevent the auditor generals release of her report on AdScam?

Or were you equally "disgusted" with Pierre Elliot Trudeau when he prorogued parliament 11 times?

And since those who opposed the coalition because it was wrong were hit over the head repeatedly with "but its legal and how the system can work", how is prorogueing not allowed to fall under that same banner?

It may come as a shock to some (it did to me), but the Parliament of Canada has been prorogued over 100 times since it's inception. Admittedly the reasons for them vary and were never quite the same as either of Harpers, but again its a perfectly legitimate part of the Parliamentary system

But hey...lets take Harper to task on it shall we? He is bad, he is evil and facts be damned, he must pay for it even though its completely legal!

04-29-2011, 05:44 AM	#2834
transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	I see the Liberals are sabre rattling again about Harper prorogueing parliament. I will simply ask this....were you as up in arms about it when Chretian did the same thing....4 times...including once to prevent the auditor generals release of her report on AdScam? Or were you equally "disgusted" with Pierre Elliot Trudeau when he prorogued parliament 11 times? And since those who opposed the coalition because it was wrong were hit over the head repeatedly with "but its legal and how the system can work", how is prorogueing not allowed to fall under that same banner? It may come as a shock to some (it did to me), but the Parliament of Canada has been prorogued over 100 times since it's inception. Admittedly the reasons for them vary and were never quite the same as either of Harpers, but again its a perfectly legitimate part of the Parliamentary system But hey...lets take Harper to task on it shall we? He is bad, he is evil and facts be damned, he must pay for it even though its completely legal!