http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_ca/canada_political_crisis

I’m not too buffed up on my Canadian politics, I don’t have a firm grasp of their system, however I have enough general knowledge to know that something is amiss when the Prime Minister can have parliament shut down in the face of a no confidence vote. I’ve always known Canadian politics to be a little screwy, but this takes the cake.

How is it that PM Harper can ask the unelected Governor General, who represents the Monarch of England, for permission to shut down parliament when it is clear that he will be voted out of power. He is scrambling to save a job that I would hope is no longer his once Parliament is re-opened. His peers believe that he has done a bad job and there is an overwhelming majority supporting a vote of no confidence. Thats the way I look at it.

I’ve talked with Canadians prior to this and have heard several times that they are displeased with their current Prime Minister, and with some of the actions I have seen the Canadian government take, I’d have to agree with these people as well. I know the Prime Minister can’t be held responsible for the whole show, just like our President can’t be held responsible for some situations here in the US, parliament and congress shoulder the blame too, but he is in charge and controls a lot of the decisions that make or break the economy and other aspects of Canada.

They’ll go and work on a plan and when Parliament reopens, they’ll hope it will save his job. But I believe he’s gone no matter what, and thats how it should be. The Canadian citizens should then elect a new Prime Minister.

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