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Proroguing: 'Harper can run, but he cannot hide'
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 02, 2008 07:55am |
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| Category | Analysis |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 2, 2008 01:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Cutting short this turbulent session of the Commons and starting anew with a budget at the end of January would be a run down a dead-end street.
Proroguing would delay the seemingly inevitable defeat of the minority Conservative government, which looms next Monday, but that's it, according to constitutional and political analysts.
They see no upside for Prime Minister Stephen Harper in just putting off the end.
"If he prorogues, he's running away," said Ned Franks, professor emeritus at Queen's University and one of the country's most respected constitutional scholars. "Harper can run, but he cannot hide."
"I cannot see any virtue to this move at all," said Allan Tupper, a political scientist from the University of British Columbia. |
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