Our Northern Neighbor
Canada is descending into full banana republic status:
The Liberals have lost a series of confidence votes in the House of Commons. On Wednesday and Thursday, the Conservatives won two votes to force adjournment. By long constitutional usage, a Westminster-system government that is forced to adjourn must either resign or call an election. But the Liberals, apparently taking their advice from the lawyers of Charles I, seem to believe that they can continue governing without the support of Parliament.In hopes of buying votes, they continue to announce lavish spending proposals – even as 400 years of British constitutional law denies a government that rules without a majority in Parliament the right to spend so much as a single penny.
The Liberals say the only non-confidence vote they will accept is one that occurs after next Thursday. What’s so special about next Thursday? This: Paul Martin’s government has been losing confidence votes by a margin of three. As it happens, two of the anti-Liberal MPs (and also a third Independent MP) are extremely ill with cancer. These MPs have managed to drag themselves to the House this week, but the Liberals seem to be hoping that they will have to leave the House for medical reasons next week.
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