Canadian Politics! Yikes.
Dec. 4th, 2008 02:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marguerite_26Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean has granted a request from Stephen Harper to suspend Parliament until late next month, a move that avoids a confidence vote set for Monday that could have toppled his minority government.
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In case you were ever wondering if the Governer General of Canada ever had any real power.
um, yes.
btw - if you have no clue what I am talking about and want to know what on earth is going on in the Great White North, this post by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladycat777 has some great explanations.
!!!
In case you were ever wondering if the Governer General of Canada ever had any real power.
um, yes.
btw - if you have no clue what I am talking about and want to know what on earth is going on in the Great White North, this post by
ladycat777 has some great explanations.