The Monarchist 1.0
Defending the British Crown Commonwealth and the English-Speaking Peoples
[+] HONOURING OUR PATRON, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, VICTOR OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
[+] HONOURING OUR QUEEN, ELIZABETH THE SECOND, ON THE 80TH YEAR OF HER BIRTH (1926 - 2006)
[+] HONOURING OUR KING, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ON THE 1000TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH (1005 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR HERO, LORD NELSON, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (1805 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR SONS, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, Royal Canadian Regiment, Nov 27, 2006 (Afstan)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, Intelligence Corps, Nov 12, 2006 (Iraq)
Private Jacob B. Kovco, 25, Royal Australian Regiment, April 21, 2006
[+] HONOURING OUR VETS ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1856 - 2006)
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Abolish the Premiers, not the Senate
The Provinces are constitutionally protected under Confederation, but the Constitution says nothing about the Premiers. The Queen of Canada may be in her rights just to dismiss them all and let her Lieutenant Governors carry out the daily ritual of provincial whining on their behalf. As representatives of the Crown, they would at least be able to perform this function with a little grace and refinement.
They really are a sad lot, those Premiers, especially that indolent fart sack of a “Tory” (no friend of federal Tories) from Saudi Alberta, whom the media, an even sadder lot, dub “King Ralph”. The media and the Premiers certainly love each other – they both act and believe they are the Loyal Opposition to the federal government. The collusion may be understandable; the media get to feast on regular bits of provincial puffery in return for reporting the Premiers’ latest ransom demands on the federal store, but there’s no reason why the rest of us have to accept this as news.
Some of the Premiers now want us to abolish the Senate. Why, because Harper wants to reform it, make it more democratically accountable and legitimate. In the long run, attaining the miracle of an elected, equal and effective Senate to represent the regional interests of Canada, in competition with the popular interests reflected in the House of Commons, would put a dagger into any presumption the Provinces do this, and the Premiers know it. The Premier of British Columbia would rather do the talking, and not let BC Senators do this for him. Ditto for Ontario. Ditto for Quebec. Especially Quebec. Nobody but the “Prime minister” of Quebec speaks for Quebec. Get it.
So there you have it. Abolish the Senate and you get the Premiers in your federal face all the federal time. Reform the Senate, and you effectively abolish the Premiers from the federal scene forever. You want inspiration. There it is. Now get to it.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 1:51 p.m. | LINKS |
The Provinces are constitutionally protected under Confederation, but the Constitution says nothing about the Premiers. The Queen of Canada may be in her rights just to dismiss them all and let her Lieutenant Governors carry out the daily ritual of provincial whining on their behalf. As representatives of the Crown, they would at least be able to perform this function with a little grace and refinement. They really are a sad lot, those Premiers, especially that indolent fart sack of a “Tory” (no friend of federal Tories) from Saudi Alberta, whom the media, an even sadder lot, dub “King Ralph”. The media and the Premiers certainly love each other – they both act and believe they are the Loyal Opposition to the federal government. The collusion may be understandable; the media get to feast on regular bits of provincial puffery in return for reporting the Premiers’ latest ransom demands on the federal store, but there’s no reason why the rest of us have to accept this as news.
Some of the Premiers now want us to abolish the Senate. Why, because Harper wants to reform it, make it more democratically accountable and legitimate. In the long run, attaining the miracle of an elected, equal and effective Senate to represent the regional interests of Canada, in competition with the popular interests reflected in the House of Commons, would put a dagger into any presumption the Provinces do this, and the Premiers know it. The Premier of British Columbia would rather do the talking, and not let BC Senators do this for him. Ditto for Ontario. Ditto for Quebec. Especially Quebec. Nobody but the “Prime minister” of Quebec speaks for Quebec. Get it.
So there you have it. Abolish the Senate and you get the Premiers in your federal face all the federal time. Reform the Senate, and you effectively abolish the Premiers from the federal scene forever. You want inspiration. There it is. Now get to it.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 1:51 p.m. | LINKS |
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