prorogation

First I’m going to straight-up admit I don’t have the disposition for them. I just don’t like sitting or standing in any audience or crowd. But I have reasons as well. In a way, the bigger the crowd, the less social it becomes. Of course it’s social in a really basic way, but there isn’t [...]

I enthusiastically support Stephen Harper’s decision to prorogue parliament… Here’s why. Proponents of more open, participatory, and directly accountable government have just been handed the best opportunity we could ask for. It’s a turning point in the narrative of centralized power that began with Jean Chrétien’s run in the 90s and has built up ever since. [...]

I wasn’t comfortable with it until I heard a constitutional expert explain on CBC Newsworld that prorogation is normally used when parliament has an especially large, complex set of legislation to consider, and it’s deemed best for MPs to return to their ridings, meet with their constituents, and look at matters from that perspective. Before [...]