I don't understand what the whole problem is with the whole appointment process anyway, since any appointments to the senate (for example) hangs over the head of the PM at the next election anyway. (Was it Joe Turner's campaign that took a dire turn when he said to Mulroney during the debates "i didn't have a choice" (referring to trudeau's instructions)?.
Harper keeps touting "accountability" to the people - however, he's removing himself (and his party) from that by shutting out the media, having his MPs repeat the same scripted points over and again rather than letting them speak freely, blatantly ignoring calls for by-elections for Emerson and Fortier to "earn" their mandates, and using the results of the last general election as blanket approval for their entire platform. I understand his reasoning is that Canadians will hold them accountable at the next general election, but I hardly believe that this retaliation voting concept is in the best interests of the country. We need some mechanism to exert pressure on their decisions issue by issue, preferably not after swallowing fourteen poison pills.
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