What’s The Hurry, Stevie? Planning To Shut The Place Down, AGAIN??

We all have been hearing that Stevie Spiteful and his puppets have been doing all to curb debate on the motions they’ve been pushing in the House of Commons since their majority. Everything from scrapping the Canadian Wheat Board to that hideous dumb on crime omnibus bill, using every excuse known to man and then some. And yes, they use their favourite stand by–’but..but…the Libruls done it!!’ However, it has been shown that the Harpercons have even broken Jean Chretien’s record, thus, even that no longer washes.  It begs the question, what’s the hurry? Stevie has his majority for the next 3.5 years or so.  Yet, he can’t seem to enjoy it. Many are speculating that Stevie has plans to prorogue yet again come the New Year, and yes, the Governor General, David Johnson, a Harper appointee, will grant it without question, given that he and his wife must love the perks of life at Rideau Hall.  Remember, even the GG in the world according to Harperland, is also expendable.

Today’s column from one of Stevie’s biggest cheerleaders, Janie Taber, speculates that prorogation in the New Year is very much a possibility. In fact, quotes from Harpercon house leader, Petey Van Loan, seem to hint as much.

Mr. Comartin says he has been picking up whispers the government will prorogue Parliament in the new year, once it gets a few more measures through.

Mr. Van Loan has dismissed this. There are no plans to prorogue, he says. There is still a lot to do.

But Mr. Comartin cannot see what other legislation is in the pipe once these reforms are passed. He believes that with the economy in dire straits, the government wants to avoid Ottawa and a daily grilling from the opposition for a couple of months. Then it will come back with a new Throne Speech and budget in the spring.

His theory is based on the fact that Mr. Van Loan has suggested to him that the time allocation motions will soon stop. Mr. Comartin says the Government House Leader has told him “don’t worry, there’s only a few more bills and then you’ll like the outcome.”

The outcome? Prorogation so that the House does not sit during the NDP leadership campaign that ends in late March. “They think falsely … because of the leadership campaign, that we would be happy if they prorogued until after, …” he says.

Porky Petey Van Loan, of course, is denying this, perhaps a little too vehemently.  He is, however, whining about too many opposition speakers tying up his party’s bills, though:

“They have signalled their intention to use every resource at their disposal to keep the agenda Canadians voted for from happening,” Mr. Van Loan says. “We have a majority, but they have enough speakers that they can tie up an individual bill for weeks and weeks and weeks.”

He added that he will entertain stopping using these time limits when the opposition “cooperates”.  Cooperates? Whatever do you mean by that, Petey? To just allow you to ride roughshod over everyone? To agree with everything your puppet master and the rest of your co-puppets do and say?  Uh, Petey, folks may have voted a majority, but also, a lot of folks voted in a lot of those “speakers” as you put it, to keep you guys in check. And that’s exactly what they’re doing. Uh, Petey, it’s called opposition.  More to the point, it’s called democracy. I realize that doesn’t fit in your’s or your boss’s repertoire, but do try to keep up, will ya?

Also, Petey, even if your bills don’t pass by Christmas, you’ll still be able to have Turkey din-din by the Christmas tree with your family. It only means you’ll have to come back in the New Year. Or does it?  Let’s remember that those Harpercons did prorogue in the past, leaving a lot of bills to die on the Commons floor or on committee tables, including many of those dumb on crime bills they have bundled in their hideous Bill c-10, that horrific omnibus crime bill. You see, running away from democracy was more important to them than actually getting things done back then.  Perhaps Petey and Stevie would do well to remember this the next time they whine about the opposition demanding more time to debate these motions.   Who’s to say they wouldn’t prorogue again, allowing these bills to die yet again? A tougher sell to Canadians this time around, given their majority status, but they do have that propaganda machine serving the kool-aid successfully. They could blame it on the NDP, saying the NDP won’t let them get anything done, or something like that. They could say they drove their poor young speaker to a nervous breakdown (apparently, young Andy Scheer is having a hard time controlling the house these days).

If I were a betting woman, I would say that the Harpercons will prorogue in the new year, regardless how many of their bills become law or not.