tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post7230482242296591300..comments2024-03-28T09:38:52.661-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: harpercon bleat: "B-B-B-ut Prorogation is 'Constitutional'!!"thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-59878037395306998652010-01-26T21:25:53.896-05:002010-01-26T21:25:53.896-05:00Oh yeah. That "recalibration" of their ...Oh yeah. That "recalibration" of their economic policies is such a stupid, insulting explanation that I often forget that harper even made it.<br /><br />harper himself seems only desultory efforts to sustain the fiction.<br /><br />Considering the few noises they were making about fiscal policy were about <i>winding down</i> their stimulus spending, it's really hard to sustain the belief that they needed to abruptly prorogue parliament for that.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-15317936719669261982010-01-26T16:29:00.222-05:002010-01-26T16:29:00.222-05:00The one point lost in the "Harper needed to p...The one point lost in the "Harper needed to prorogue Parliament for time to plan the next phase of economic recovery" argument is that (even if the government was incapable of multitasking) Parliament could have been <i>adjourned</i>. That would have left the Parliamentary committees working even if question periods weren't held. <br /><br />Of course, the point was to shut down that one particularly worrying committee studying the transfer of Afghan detainees, eh?no_blah_blah_blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487214918800237116noreply@blogger.com