June 15: ‘If Canadians value their democracy, they should be outraged.’ Readers react to Trudeau rejecting full return of Parliament, plus other letters to the editor GlobeDebate
PM Rebuffs Calls For Return To Normal House Sittings, Decries Rejection Of Bill C-17
: Canada is a parliamentary democracy, and yet our Prime Minister, leader of a minority government, has dispensed with Parliament during the worst financial and health crises in Canadian history. In its place, we have a daily one-man show announcing billions of dollars of government spending, unencumbered by parliamentary oversight.
What is most shocking is the Prime Minister’s brazen expression of contempt for the parliamentary process when he accused members of the Official Opposition of playing politics in not supporting the passage of Bill C-17, when these members were fulfilling their constitutional duty to scrutinize and debate government legislation.The Prime Minister is constitutionally accountable to Parliament. It is not accountable to him. Like U.S.
We are no longer in the first stages of this emergency. Strategies, including the use of technology, make shortcuts around full debate untenable. It is time for Justin Trudeau to rethink his approach to House sittings.“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected Conservative calls for a return to normal House of Commons sittings Thursday and blamed a Parliamentary defeat this week on 'political games’ by opposition parties.
Ah, the irony. Mr. Trudeau seems to object to Parliament performing its function. Just who is playing “political games”?
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