Professors take aim at Harper
Professors take aim at Harper for proroguing Parliament; In a letter signed by 75 university professors, the prime minister is accused of 'making cavalier use of the discretionary powers entrusted to him' | Kelowna.com
Dozens of university prof essors from across Canada have put their names to a public letter that will condemn Prime Minister Stephen Harper for proroguing Parliament.
The letter, being sent next week to major eastern Canadian newspapers, was penned by University of Montreal philosophy professor Daniel Weinstock and, as of Friday, signed by 75 philosophy, law and political science professors. It accuses Harper of having "violated the trust of the Canadian people [and] thus acting anti-democratically."
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4 comments:
We need a "Declaration of Democracy."
But Ignatieff and Layton said and did nothing after PM Harper prorogued Parliament ... in fact nobody in the media bothered to find them in the south of France and Belize. In effect, Ignatieff and Layton abandoned Canada during their sunny vacations, leaving it up to the media and outraged Canadians to defend our democracy. Perhaps Ignatieff and Layton didn't think all that much about "prorogation" and didn't want anything to do with frigid, turgid Canada while lounging on beaches and getting tan lines .. ya think ?!!!
Harper picked a time specifically to coincide with the other leaders being away on Xmas holidays to do this so it would look like that. It was all part of his plan.
See this:
http://yappadingding.blogspot.com/2010/01/more-on-democratic-crisis.html
http://www.ndp.ca/press/statement-on-prorogation-by-libby-davies
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