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Originally Posted by Saya
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/548865
So the Bloc agreed to support the NDP and the Liberals, and there was supposed to be a confidence vote to oust Harper, but Harper got permission from the Governer General to close Parliament until January 26.
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Yeah, the GG is the one who technically can decide whether to grant an election, give it to a coalition, or say "Work it out."
http://www.gg.ca/gg/rr/index_e.asp
I think the GG could be quite a phenomenal force. She signs bills and can refuse to sign them if she thinks there's a good reason not to.
She also gives out Orders of Canada and Military Merit...
She's also supposed to make sure that Canada always has a PM and government. So if someone dies, she has to make sure that a new PM is selected as soon as possible.
"in times of emergency or special circumstances, exercising the special personal authority of the Governor General to appoint or dismiss a prime minister or dissolve Parliament. This authority is rarely used." (
http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/gg/a/ggrole.htm)
But for the most part, yes, the GG is symbolic, and just signs stuff "on advice of the PM/cabinet ministers"
Hehehehe.... she pierogied parliament. XD
And yes, they can ban strikes if they think it's in the interest of the public. I think Ontario has banned teacher strikes, as well as a number of other provinces (
Link to article here). I think there are quite a few branches of the public sector that we could miss for a while.
I don't like Harper. I know that they'd all probably like to be dictator however deep down, but Harper shows it too much...