Prorogue

[paraka]

So, I'm sure by now everyone has heard about the NDP/Liberal Coalition with the Bloc's support. Something that keeps being brought up though is that Harper might prorogue parliament to prevent the coalition from taking over. While I follow politics I'm not all that savvy when it comes to such specific terms (all I can tell is that it means

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[thebabynancy]

Prorogation is an option afforded to the Prime Minister which requires the consent of the Governor General. More often than not, the Governor General gives her blessing.

Prorogation is the indefinite suspension of Parliament; in fact, delaying a session of Parliament in an attempt to hold on to power.

In this instance, Stephen Harper would suspend parliament until the reading of the Budget, which is supposed to be January 27th of 2009.

As stated previously, if the Governor General refuse to give her consent, this would mean one of two things...

The vote of confidence scheduled for December 8th could result in non-confidence in the minority Conservative government and trigger and election.

Again, the Governor General plays a key role with the ability to give her consent, or not, for another election (the previous election cost Canadians $300 million!). If the Governor General opts to not give her consent for another election, she has a viable option in front of her with the Liberal-NDP Coalition proposal. The Governor General could, in fact, invite the Liberal-NDP Coalition to form a government.

IMHO, Prorogation only delays the inevitable.