Good job, Canadia.

scikidus · December 5th, 2008, 03:13 PM

It's incredible. Your prime minister has actually just usurped your government. Congrats. Stephen Harper has just shut down the Parliament in Canadia until January 26. I reckon that this is the first time an executive branch has shut down a legislative branch since King Louis XIV in France closed down the Estates-General in 1618. The Estates-General remained closed until 1789.

See you in 2179, Canadian Parliament.

bouchie · December 5th, 2008, 03:22 PM

Well, this is good and bad.

Bad because we have no government.

Good because the coalition that had formed was, essentially, trying to get Stephen Harper out of the Prime Minister's office without an election, led by a guy who is supposed to step down as leader of the Liberal party in May.

Basically, we had no government before this happened. To prorogue Parliament just makes that observation explicit.
...
I wish Trudeau wasn't dead.

Edit: Sorry - technically, we still have a government, just no Parliament. The governor general had two choices - either do what she did, or order another election. If she had done the latter, the Liberal Party of Canada would not have any representatives in Parliament.

If you want to know what political suicide is...

Tsar Phalanxia · December 5th, 2008, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Said by scikidus View Post

I reckon that this is the first time an executive branch has shut down a legislative branch since King Louis XIV in France closed down the Estates-General in 1618. The Estates-General remained closed until 1789.

The earliest one that comes to mind is , er, Tsar Nicholas the Second's shutting down of the Russian Duma.

And look how that turned out.

scikidus · December 5th, 2008, 08:30 PM

Wasn't that after King Charles I of England sent off Parliament for 100 years?

Tsar Phalanxia · December 5th, 2008, 09:49 PM

That was the 1600's, and resulted in the English Civil War, which resulted in "The English Protectorate", a de facto dictatorship lead by Oliver Cromwell.

Nicholas the II dissolved the Duma multiple times, and that lead to the February Revolution, which in tuen led to the October Revolution, which led to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first Communist state.

bouchie · December 9th, 2008, 03:35 PM

Update: Stephane Dion, leader of the Liberal Party and would-be Prime Minister if the coalition actually went through with their plan, resigned yesterday.

Our politics just sank in an ice-fishing hole.

Tsar Phalanxia · December 9th, 2008, 03:39 PM

What does that mean for Canada, and the left in general? Also, what's the origins of the conflict?

December 5th, 2008, 03:13 PM	#1
scikidus Silly Canadians! Avatar of Google Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy Posts: 4,920	Good job, Canadia. It's incredible. Your prime minister has actually just usurped your government. Congrats. Stephen Harper has just shut down the Parliament in Canadia until January 26. I reckon that this is the first time an executive branch has shut down a legislative branch since King Louis XIV in France closed down the Estates-General in 1618. The Estates-General remained closed until 1789. See you in 2179, Canadian Parliament. __________________ "The universe is a figment of its own imagination" -Douglas Adams Every cloud has a silver lining, except for the mushroom shaped ones, which have a lining of Iridium and Strontium 90. Omnis tua castra sunt habent nobis! Expand the domain, expand the range.

December 5th, 2008, 03:22 PM	#2
bouchie Certified Maple Leaf Googlist Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,101	Re: Good job, Canadia. Well, this is good and bad. Bad because we have no government. Good because the coalition that had formed was, essentially, trying to get Stephen Harper out of the Prime Minister's office without an election, led by a guy who is supposed to step down as leader of the Liberal party in May. Basically, we had no government before this happened. To prorogue Parliament just makes that observation explicit. ... I wish Trudeau wasn't dead. Edit: Sorry - technically, we still have a government, just no Parliament. The governor general had two choices - either do what she did, or order another election. If she had done the latter, the Liberal Party of Canada would not have any representatives in Parliament. If you want to know what political suicide is... __________________ "Oh you are good." - rzm61 "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans" - Woody Allen "I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world." - Georges Duhamel "What does an agnostic, dyslexic insomniac do? Stays up all night and wonders if there is a dog." -Unknown Last edited by bouchie : December 5th, 2008 at 03:28 PM.

December 5th, 2008, 08:30 PM	#4
scikidus Silly Canadians! Avatar of Google Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy Posts: 4,920	Re: Good job, Canadia. Wasn't that after King Charles I of England sent off Parliament for 100 years? __________________ "The universe is a figment of its own imagination" -Douglas Adams Every cloud has a silver lining, except for the mushroom shaped ones, which have a lining of Iridium and Strontium 90. Omnis tua castra sunt habent nobis! Expand the domain, expand the range.

December 5th, 2008, 09:49 PM	#5
Tsar Phalanxia Kicker of Jams Avatar of Google Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Forty Five Minutes from my College Posts: 4,503	Re: Good job, Canadia. That was the 1600's, and resulted in the English Civil War, which resulted in "The English Protectorate", a de facto dictatorship lead by Oliver Cromwell. Nicholas the II dissolved the Duma multiple times, and that lead to the February Revolution, which in tuen led to the October Revolution, which led to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first Communist state. __________________ How can God be perfect? Everything He ever makes dies. - George Carlin Economic Left/Right: -5.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

December 9th, 2008, 03:35 PM	#6
bouchie Certified Maple Leaf Googlist Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,101	Re: Good job, Canadia. Update: Stephane Dion, leader of the Liberal Party and would-be Prime Minister if the coalition actually went through with their plan, resigned yesterday. Our politics just sank in an ice-fishing hole. __________________ "Oh you are good." - rzm61 "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans" - Woody Allen "I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world." - Georges Duhamel "What does an agnostic, dyslexic insomniac do? Stays up all night and wonders if there is a dog." -Unknown

December 9th, 2008, 03:39 PM	#7
Tsar Phalanxia Kicker of Jams Avatar of Google Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Forty Five Minutes from my College Posts: 4,503	Re: Good job, Canadia. What does that mean for Canada, and the left in general? Also, what's the origins of the conflict? __________________ How can God be perfect? Everything He ever makes dies. - George Carlin Economic Left/Right: -5.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

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