Comments on: Victim of bureaucratic jealousy http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/03/victim-of-bureaucratic-jealousy/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:11:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: von Kaufman-Turkestansky http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/03/victim-of-bureaucratic-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-384680 von Kaufman-Turkestansky Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:02:20 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/03/victim-of-bureaucratic-jealousy/#comment-384680 In a minority situation, as we are discovering, the amount of power a PMO has runs inverse to the opposition's fear of going to the polls. Look ay the recent Budget bill c-50, for example, and the changes the government brought in that appeared unthinkable mere months ago. In a minority situation, as we are discovering, the amount of power a PMO has runs inverse to the opposition’s fear of going to the polls. Look ay the recent Budget bill c-50, for example, and the changes the government brought in that appeared unthinkable mere months ago.

]]> By: Younghusband http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/03/victim-of-bureaucratic-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-384678 Younghusband Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:04:07 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/03/victim-of-bureaucratic-jealousy/#comment-384678 Nice recommendation vKT. As for the POTUS vs. PMO, I am unsure as to how much power the PMO of a minority government wields. I haven't seen anything in the media relating the PMO to the SAT-A decision (yet), but I suspect there was some horse-trading behind the scenes. I am a fan of the "House of Cards":http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098825/ trilogy after all! Nice recommendation vKT. As for the POTUS vs. PMO, I am unsure as to how much power the PMO of a minority government wields. I haven’t seen anything in the media relating the PMO to the SAT-A decision (yet), but I suspect there was some horse-trading behind the scenes. I am a fan of the House of Cards trilogy after all!

]]> By: von Kaufan-Turkestansky http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/03/victim-of-bureaucratic-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-384671 von Kaufan-Turkestansky Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:18:41 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/08/03/victim-of-bureaucratic-jealousy/#comment-384671 Canada has something much stronger than a President - it has the PMO, which is unchecked by the legislative branch the way the POTUS is. There is no way that the Prime Minister's office was not calling the shots on the changes you describe. A recent must-read on Canadian and UK politics was recently published by Donald Savoie: http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=9025&step=4 http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/june/2/savoie/&c=2 ... Canada has something much stronger than a President – it has the PMO, which is unchecked by the legislative branch the way the POTUS is.

There is no way that the Prime Minister’s office was not calling the shots on the changes you describe.

A recent must-read on Canadian and UK politics was recently published by Donald Savoie:

http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=9025&step=4

http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/june/2/savoie/&c=2 …

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