Wouldn't it be fun to see a CPC majority? There'd be jobs for everyone:
such as pre-scheduled election dates
Incidentally, can you show me what part of that law precluded the PM from calling an early election?
I have mentioned this on several occasions, but I think it’s appropriate again here, given the discussion of whether or not the Conservatives deserve a majority to govern. When it comes to our current armed intervention in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, both the present and previous Governments have made one major mistake in planning. In my view, that mistake is that neither governing party has taken our mission there seriously. If the Conservatives (or the Liberals) truly believed their messages to us on how important our engagements there are, then either of those parties would have used the executive prerogative to recommend a formal declaration of war by Her Majesty The Queen of Canada, and dedicated the nation’s resources toward a complete and unarguable victory.
The fact that this was not done by either party makes me scorn both of them. Our engagements there are not a ‘game’ for the Government of the day to use as a ploy depending on the partisan environment or make-up of the moment—either we dedicate ourselves completely to the eradication of a serious threat and go all-out to make it happen; or, we admit that it was just a token show of action to start with by the Liberals, continued by the Conservatives, and shut the whole damned thing down.
On that note, one of the Conservative Government’s actions that I wish to applaud is the enhanced support for the Canadian Forces and other armed forces groups throughout the nation. Particularly given our rocky hold on our own Arctic sovereignty, the Conservatives’ boosts to the Canadian Forces and our defense, generally, are very welcome.
My point though was that if the CPC formed a majority, I doubt we'd see just a moderate increase in military spending; my guess is that military spending woudl be used as part of economic stimulous spending, a means to create full employment for its own sake.
I may yet write up aI don't think anybody seems to remember thatQuebec never signed the constitution so it really isn't a constitution. Meech Lake and Charlottetown both failed to come to an agreement, so do we have a constitution besides the BNA act? I don't think so. If I'm right, does any federal government have any authority? I don't think so. If they do not have our authority, by who's authority do they collect taxes and invade other countries or make and enforce laws?
tutorial. :lol: But I love you nonetheless.
The Constitution Act, 1982 was passed by the Parliament of Canada, and by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There was no legal requirement for Québec to consent to the passage of the constitution—consultation was needed, of course, but consent was not a requirement for the enactment of the enabling legislation. Whether some Québec sovereigntists choose to believe otherwise isn’t relevant to the fact that the constitution was passed using legal means and therefore each province (Québec or not) is bound to abide by it. (Just as citizens do not have the legal right to refuse to accept a section of the Criminal Code, since they didn’t vote for it.)
You’re not the only conservative, though, to pretend that the constitution doesn’t exist.
I may yet write up atutorial. :lol: But I love you nonetheless.
The Constitution Act, 1982 was passed by the Parliament of Canada, and by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There was no legal requirement for Québec to consent to the passage of the constitution—consultation was needed, of course, but consent was not a requirement for the enactment of the enabling legislation. Whether some Québec sovereigntists choose to believe otherwise isn’t relevant to the fact that the constitution was passed using legal means and therefore each province (Québec or not) is bound to abide by it. (Just as citizens do not have the legal right to refuse to accept a section of the Criminal Code, since they didn’t vote for it.)
You’re not the only conservative, though, to pretend that the constitution doesn’t exist.
First, I'm not conservative, I'm an anarchist and that is about as far from conservative as it gets.
Are you familiar with international law? Do you know if a constitution should or must be adapted by the citizens in a referendum? Canadians were not consulted about the constitution, it was imposed on us and I think that makes it illegal in a democracy. It does sound dictatorial, don't you think?