The Honourable Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette P.C. (Bedford), the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in the Senate, and other honourable members of the Opposition in the Senate, are preparing to defeat Bill C-52, the Budget Implementation Act, 2007. Opposition senators are no longer accepting orders from The Honourable Stéphane Dion P.C., M.P. (Saint-Laurent—Cartierville), the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition (the Leader of the Opposition has called for senators to adopt the budget’s legislation “as-is”, arguing in regards to the supremacy of the House of Commons).
This issue is causing me to question the leadership of Mr. Dion—he is compromising the principles of the Liberal Party of Canada by urging Liberal senators to pass this terrible budget, and through his mistaken (and irresponsible) suggestion that the Senate of Canada is required to pass budget legislation once out of the Commons. In fact, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney P.C., C.C., Q.O.C., the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, had one of his budgets defeated by the Senate—senators from the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada held the most seats, and led the charge against their own prime minister.
Let’s hope that the Senate holds strong, and rejects this budget completely.
This issue is causing me to question the leadership of Mr. Dion—he is compromising the principles of the Liberal Party of Canada by urging Liberal senators to pass this terrible budget, and through his mistaken (and irresponsible) suggestion that the Senate of Canada is required to pass budget legislation once out of the Commons. In fact, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney P.C., C.C., Q.O.C., the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, had one of his budgets defeated by the Senate—senators from the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada held the most seats, and led the charge against their own prime minister.
Let’s hope that the Senate holds strong, and rejects this budget completely.
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