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Yu_Bum_suk
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catman
Joined: 18 Jul 2004
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I like Don on HNIC but as a politician............ 
I'm sure it wouldn't take him very long to get into trouble. Most likely over an anti-French remark. |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Does he have to ask the Queen for permission to appoint the Senators? |
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On the other hand
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Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| Does he have to ask the Queen for permission to appoint the Senators? |
Well you know, when the Goods And Services Tax was being passed by the Conservative government in the early 90s, the Liberals had a majority in the unelected Senate. Since the opinion polls showed that the tax was unpopular, the Liberals figured they could get away with using their senate majority to block it. As I recall, the government actually did have to send a representative to London to ask for permission to add a few more seats to the Senate(for some reason, this could not be done through the Governor-General; they actually had to go to London).
However, it should be pointed out that, in giving the go-ahead for the extra seats, the Queen was simply siding with the demands of the democratically elected house against those of the undemocratic one. It is highly debatable whether or not the Senate should have been blocking the legislation in the first place, since no one really regards that as their role anymore. And in any event the Conservatives had openly campaigned on a platform that included the GST in the previous election. |
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sharkey
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| I like don cherry as well, but yah, im politics? i dunno.. but he definitely has the passion for it , eh? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Don Cherry will give the Ottawa senators a tonguelashing then praise the Leafs and be told to sit down and he won't and some legislative aid will have to whisper that they've gone to commercial break then he'll grunt and let senate business proceed.
At least it's not Bob Cole. |
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Pink Freud
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
Don Cherry will give the Ottawa senators a tonguelashing then praise the Leafs and be told to sit down and he won't and some legislative aid will have to whisper that they've gone to commercial break then he'll grunt and let senate business proceed.
At least it's not Bob Cole. |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I heard Bob Dole can't get an election without taking a pill? |
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