Comments on: Oh Canada http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/12/02/oh-canada/ Can you think of a better name? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:20:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: steve http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/12/02/oh-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-53207 steve Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:17:09 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3293#comment-53207 How is this perfectly legal (and, as yet, unconsummated) Parliamentary maneuver a coup? Canadians elected a Parliament; Parliament still stands. Heck, more Canadians voted against Harper than for him during an election that Harper himself begged to have, so you can argue that what the Opposition is doing reflects the will of the majority. These are exciting time for Canadian politics. Should "prorogue" be Canada's word of the year? How is this perfectly legal (and, as yet, unconsummated) Parliamentary maneuver a coup? Canadians elected a Parliament; Parliament still stands. Heck, more Canadians voted against Harper than for him during an election that Harper himself begged to have, so you can argue that what the Opposition is doing reflects the will of the majority. These are exciting time for Canadian politics.

Should "prorogue" be Canada's word of the year?

]]> By: karine http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/12/02/oh-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-53152 karine Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:40:16 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3293#comment-53152 Oh well, I've lived through a couple of Coup d'État's in Haiti. This will be the first time I'll get to see one without people getting lynched, burned alive, shot on the streets or being on the wrong side of tear gas... Oh well, I've lived through a couple of Coup d'État's in Haiti. This will be the first time I'll get to see one without people getting lynched, burned alive, shot on the streets or being on the wrong side of tear gas...

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/12/02/oh-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-53102 Fagstein Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:52:20 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3293#comment-53102 Because bloodless is one thing. This coup doesn't even involve name-calling. Because bloodless is one thing. This coup doesn't even involve name-calling.

]]> By: Coalition: réactions dans la sphère - Le Petit Émerillon http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/12/02/oh-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-53080 Coalition: réactions dans la sphère - Le Petit Émerillon Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:51:01 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3293#comment-53080 [...] le mot de la fin à Fagstein: Even our coups d’état are [...] [...] le mot de la fin à Fagstein: Even our coups d’état are [...]

]]> By: Lee http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/12/02/oh-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-53079 Lee Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:33:59 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3293#comment-53079 How is this lame? This is the most important event to occur in Canadian politics since '95. The GG actually matters right now. Will it cause people to rethink the GG's role in our constitutional monarch? Nobody knows what's going to happen. We could have a coalition gov't for the first time in our history. How is that lame? This is a huge deal. How is this lame? This is the most important event to occur in Canadian politics since '95. The GG actually matters right now. Will it cause people to rethink the GG's role in our constitutional monarch? Nobody knows what's going to happen. We could have a coalition gov't for the first time in our history. How is that lame? This is a huge deal.

]]> By: Jennyb http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/12/02/oh-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-53068 Jennyb Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:18:53 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=3293#comment-53068 I have to laugh: Dion had terrible polls, but became his party's leader. Then he had a terrible campaign, but now, while he's supposed to be waiting for his party to replace him, he just might become the country's de facto leader. Our new PM. Is this for real? This means that despite everything, he gets what he wants. Again. I want to know how he does it, because I'd like to get me a million dollars... I have to laugh: Dion had terrible polls, but became his party's leader. Then he had a terrible campaign, but now, while he's supposed to be waiting for his party to replace him, he just might become the country's de facto leader. Our new PM.
Is this for real? This means that despite everything, he gets what he wants. Again.
I want to know how he does it, because I'd like to get me a million dollars...

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