Facing crisis, Canadian leader shuts Parliament

Seattle Post Intelligencer, New York Times by Ian Austen | Dec. 5, 2008 (News Report)
Opposition had set no-confidence vote for Monday

Canada's parliamentary opposition reacted with outrage on Thursday after Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down the legislature until Jan. 26, seeking to forestall a no-confidence vote that he was sure to lose and, possibly, provoking a constitutional crisis. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 5, 2008

The article tells the news and some reactions, but leaves many questions unanswered. The Canadian law and any precedents are not explained. It is interesting that a key policy factor in the dispute is the reactionaries eliminating publicly financed elections from their proposed budget.

We should be more concerned with getting publicly financed elections.

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