The other side of the downgrading of Parliament was the elevation of the World Economic Forum based in Davos Switzerland as the main site of the Canadian government’s actual decision-making when it came to negotiating the terms of the manufactured Covid crisis. The other side of this constitutionally-dubious attack on the non-partisan integrity of the Office of the Governor-General of Canada, is downgrading of the powers of Parliament and especially of the MPs in the House of Commons. Anyone even marginally aware of the history of the Westminster Parliament in Great Britain or the history of responsible government in the Canadas, will be aware that the main role of the elected branch of government is to safeguard on behalf of the electorate the power of the purse.
Author: Prof. Anthony J. Hall
Published at: 2025-05-18 21:05:20
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