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Confidence: How Much is Enough?

Author(s) -

Peter Neary

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

constitutional forum / forum constitutionnel

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1927-4165

pISSN - 0847-3889

DOI - 10.21991/c9m95j

Subject(s) - parliament , house of commons , constitution , prime minister , government (linguistics) , law , political science , governor , subject (documents) , subject matter , rank (graph theory) , politics , philosophy , engineering , linguistics , library science , computer science , curriculum , aerospace engineering , mathematics , combinatorics

Did Prime Minister Stephen Harper, faced with almost certain defeat in the Commons in December 2008 on a matter of confidence, act unconstitutionally by seeking to prorogue a newly elected parliament that had been sitting for only two weeks? And did Governor General Michaelle Jean violate the principles of responsible government by granting prorogation? These questions have been the subject of intense debate in the Canadian media and may rank with the King-Byng crisis of 1926 in future academic and legal discussion of the constitution. In my opinion, while the prime minister tested the limits of “responsible government,” the Governor General respected precedent and acted appropriately and wisely in her decision.

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