The Globe and Mail's John Ibbitson last week declared that Parliament has become "the most dysfunctional in the English-speaking world, weaker and more irrelevant than the U.S. Congress or the Parliaments of Britain, Australia or New Zealand," in a feature story. Other experts, columnists, and political watchers across the land and in the pages of The Hill Times have mercilessly slammed Prime Minister Stephen Harper for proroguing Parliament. It's hit a curious nerve.
The Globe and Mail's John Ibbitson last week declared that Parliament has become "the most dysfunctional in the English-speaking world, weaker and more irrelevant than the U.S. Congress or the Parliaments of Britain, Australia or New Zealand," in a feature story. Other experts, columnists, and political watchers across the land and in the pages of The Hill Times have mercilessly slammed Prime Minister Stephen Harper for proroguing Parliament. It's hit a curious nerve.