POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Unemployment Benefits, Unanimous Consent, Responsible Government
Document Summary
This has happened a few times, most recently in 2008! It is not unusual for new government"s to use major statements of economic policy in the fall, preceding the spring budget. This time around the country was waiting for harper government"s response to the global economic crisis: the flaherty (finance minister) financial policy announced modest spending initiatives. In 1926, byng asked conservatives leader meighen to form a government without realizing he did not have the support in the minority parliament to command the confidence of the hoc. Many constitutional experts argue the gg had every right to reject this request for prorogation. Arguments against coalition: harper"s supporters argued that the coalition lacked democratic legitimacy, dion had been rejected by the canadian voters on oct. 14th. Dion had rejected previous overtures from layton before election-day to form a coalition: the coalition could only stay in office with the support of the bq, a party dedicated to the break-up of the country.
