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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Supreme Court tries to bring PM Harper down to Earth ....


but will he stop flying in the clouds, getting lightheaded and making wrong choices and wrong decisions?
I doubt it. 
Remember, this is the same man, who before he became PM on a "strong Conservative majority" had promised to do away with the Senate,  but did just the opposite by staffing it with additional wrong choices .... this time with his very own wrong choices.
Never trust politicians ... NEVER!  They are where they are because they are excellent at spouting lies and making them sound either like promises or the absolute truth.

From BBC:
...The Canadian Supreme Court has rejected the Harper government's plan to reform or abolish the Canadian Senate.

In a unanimous decision, the high court said most major changes suggested must be approved by seven provinces and half of Canada's population.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was disappointed in the decision and said reform was now "off the table".
Senators are appointed on the advice of the prime minister and can serve until 75 years old.

The chamber has been recently embroiled in an expenses row.
Four senators in total have faced audits over their claims for living and travel expenses. An internal Senate panel has demanded repayment of large sums from the senators.......

From CBC:
....Five recent Supreme Court setbacks for the Harper government.   
The Supreme Court of Canada dealt the Harper government another blow Friday, this time on the subject of Senate reform. Here's a look at five recent cases in which the high court rejected the government's arguments.
April 25, 2014: The court rules that the Harper government cannot use Parliament alone to impose Senate term limits, allow consultative elections for senatorial candidates or abolish the upper chamber. The justices hold that the first two changes would need the consent of seven provinces representing half the provinces. Abolition would require provincial unanimity.

From CBC:
.....Stephen Harper says Senate reform is off the table
Top court decision supports 'status quo,' prime minister says, and 'virtually no Canadian' agrees
Significant reform of the Senate as well as the question of whether the upper chamber can be abolished are "off the table," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, speaking in Kitchener-Waterloo Friday.

"The Supreme Court has said these are only decisions the provinces can make," Harper said, referring to the top court's advisory opinion that Senate changes cannot be accomplished without the consent of some or all of the provinces along with the federal government........

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