Are you aware of all the dirty tricks and lies that were put in the media daily because the media love the Liberal party and they don’t think that the Conservatives have a right to govern? The committees of the senate were being used for partisan attacks and the un-elected Liberal dominated senators were holding up legislation that had passed the commons. Mr Harper used him right to ask the GG to prorogue parliament to appoint 5 senators to empty seats (his constitutional right) and have Conservatives chair the senate sub-committees instead of the Liberal ones.

Did Harper have the right to prorogue parliament for up to 1 year at any time if he chose to? Yes, that is what the constitution says he can do.

You and I might disagree on fundamental issues about how Canada should be governed but the distortions I saw here are a bit much. You need to dig a little harder if you want the real picture and you will find that no party in the commons are angels!

Canadians currently provide the CBC with just over $1 billion in annual subsidies. The government is asking all departments in government to provide them with a 5% reduction in expenses. That equates to $50 million from the amount sent to the CBC. The government provides no assistance to the CBC’s competitors even though they all compete for the same advertising dollar. How fair is that?

Mr Harper didn’t hide the fact that some cuts to funding across the government were coming and a convincing majority of Canadians gave him the mandate to implement those policies. He didn’t single out the CBC or threaten to get rid of their billion dollar subsidy. He actually has the power over the next 4 years to do exactly that so let’s hope the artsy types don’t get into a battle that they will surely lose.