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Originally Posted by Mull
I get in the idea is if a minority wants to dissolve parliament, other parties have a right to try to form government... but is this not against the precedent of recent actions of past GG's?
I don't know what the law says, historical or including precedents set by previous GG, but it seems like the GG allowing an election is hardly unethical/wrong?
If anything Singh seems out of alignment with recent history?
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When Harper went to the GG to prorogue parliment to prevent a coalition government made up of the Libs, NDP and Bloc (Gross should never be allowed to be part of a government). The GG came down on the side of the existing government.
When Justin went to the GG to prorogue parliment on a pretty flimsy requirement but used it to stop investigations, the GG rubberstamped it.
Its likely the same here, if Trudeau goes to her to dissolve parliment because he says the current parliament is "toxic" which as Mulcair says is BS, the Libs managed to pass a budget and other key pandemic bills, but were stopped from passing self interested bills like C-10, and the omnibus bill with the removable of spending oversight etc. By rights, the Liberals could have trouble justifying the toxic label as a reason to end this parliamentary session.
However the government has always had the right to request that parliament dissolve and an election called. I don't see where there's a legal precedent that the GG can latch on to deny this.