What the Governor-General Should do

That question has been asked a number of times over the last few days. What should Governor-General Michaelle Jean do in this situation?


She should ask for meetings with Harper, and the other three. Ask questions of the opposition: What specifically are they going to do to stimulate the economy? What are their plans concerning Afghanistan? The environment? What is this coalition cabinet going to look like? How do Dion/Layton plan to handle the Bloc? All key questions, the answers to which are important to a stable long-term coalition. And if a coalition is her final decision

An important question of the Prime Minister should be: Besides the obvious reason of self-preservation why should I agree to porouging Parliament? The suspension of the house is an extraordinary power usually used when the government has finished the session's business and not for reasons of self-preservation after an epically stupid move.

After taking the answers into account, she should listen to the will of the people. It's clear Canadians are actually angry about this, and it's rare that we get angry about something. From coast-to-coast we agree that this is undemocratic, that we don't want Stephane Dion as our Prime Minister. We fear what the Bloc have demanded in exchange for support of this coalition.

The current state of the House of Commons is still another factor to take into consideration- Hopefully the GG's advisors are watching question period!
The Prime Minister and Stephane Dion have given up all attempts at civility. The atmosphere is poisionous, and no business is getting done while this is taking place. By suspending Parliament all that is being done is a stay of execution. The opposition maybe not in its current format, will seek to defeat him on the budget no matter what that document contains. I think Harper has irrevocably damaged his government, and his own political career.


After taking all these factors into consideration, she should send us back to the polls. It was a petty, vindictive decision he made- and the least he should have to do is face his people and justify it. We may loathe the idea, but it's better than a government being led by someone rejected by his own party, the people of Canada and held hostage by the Bloc.