Petition asking Governor General to fire Stephen Harper may end up in House of Common
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You flunk math in school? 37% is more than any other party got, and more importantly they got most of the seats which makes it a majority.
Proportional representation is a flawed system as well. We would wind up with a bunch of squeaky one trick ponies like ellimay.
Before people get too riled up and start finger wagging the NDP over this, or anybody for that matter:
^ That's all there is to it and nothing more really needs to be said.... but for sh*ts and giggles.....
He's merely doing his job and said he neither supports or opposes the petition. By the book, if a petition is made and meets the requirements, he would present it.... if it doesn't, then the petition makers can get bent.
If he or any other MP flat out opposed the petition regardless if it met the requirements, then they wouldn't be doing their democratic duty.
Even still, even if the petition passed, it's still up to the Gov.Gen to make the final decision.
Bottom line is that I wouldn't expect this to go very far and is pretty much just a waste of time and 15 seconds of fame.
Carry on, nothing to see here.
^ That's all there is to it and nothing more really needs to be said.... but for sh*ts and giggles.....
He's merely doing his job and said he neither supports or opposes the petition. By the book, if a petition is made and meets the requirements, he would present it.... if it doesn't, then the petition makers can get bent.
If he or any other MP flat out opposed the petition regardless if it met the requirements, then they wouldn't be doing their democratic duty.
Even still, even if the petition passed, it's still up to the Gov.Gen to make the final decision.
Bottom line is that I wouldn't expect this to go very far and is pretty much just a waste of time and 15 seconds of fame.
Carry on, nothing to see here.
I was a big supporter of Preston Manning who believed voters should be allowed to remove politicians from office. Do you believe Manning was a sociopath as well?
Seems to me they created a surplus that the Conservatives soon did away with.
WHAT JUDGE ruled "The Harpo government is illegal"????????????
Actually, the courts declared ALL the elections in EVERY riding valid, and dismissed the idiotic suit to overturn election results after it was determined that the entire robocalls scandal MIGHT have effected one vote out of every 11,000.
The people will have their chance to "fire" Harper in 12 months.
Until then, I suggest you up your medication.
"Preston Manning who believed voters should be allowed to remove politicians from office."
The G-G is NOT "voters"
.....at the insistence of, and with the approval of the Liberal Party, and under threat of overturning the democratic will of the people, and putting a coalition including the Bloc in power.
Bloody close to treason on the part of the Liberals, if you ask me.
The Liberals wear
the deficit as well as the Conservatives.
Of course he isn't. The people signing the petition are the voters. I'm not surprised you completely missed my point though.
Actually, the Conservatives won with 39.6% of the vote in 2011.
In 2000, Chretien won a majority with 38.4%.
In 1997, Chretien won a majority with 41.2%.
In 1993, Chretien won a majority with 41.2%
In 1988, Mulroney won a majority with 43.0%
In fact, since World War Two, there have been TWO majority gov'ts that won a true majority........
In 1958, Diefenbaker won a majority with 53.6%.
In 1984, Mulroney won a majority with 50.03%
That's it.
I understand the need for reform, but to pretend Harper's election is somehow illegitimate is simply ridiculous. First Past the Post WORKS, and has left us with stable gov't for 150 years.
FPTP is fully legitimate until we decide to change it.
Don't hold your breath.
In 2011, there were 24,257,592 names on the list of eligible electors. Call me when your petition has 12,128,797 names.
Until then you don't have a point for me to miss.
The grapes are mad.
Might this unruly group be the fabled Grapes of Wrath I have heard so much about over the years?
Harper is a narcissistic little man no doubt and he has done a lot of damage to
Canada that will take a long time to repair with that I agree. Where I don't agree
is wasting Parliaments time with nonsense when an election is looming that
can do the same thing. The man has to go but the ballet is the democratic way
to do that
Canada that will take a long time to repair with that I agree. Where I don't agree
is wasting Parliaments time with nonsense when an election is looming that
can do the same thing. The man has to go but the ballet is the democratic way
to do that
Everybody hurts Cliff's feelings.
Reading some of the responses and hearing reaction from some friends of mine, I do get a kick out of the double standard. When the Reform/Conservatives talked about recall, those on the right generally supported them and those on the left generally criticized them. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, it's amazing how peoples attitudes change.