Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he is “absolutely not” considering proroguing Parliament if he were to secure a majority government.
“We are absolutely focused on working with Parliament, getting legislation through Parliament, adjusting legislation where it needs to be, where it’s better informed by discussions in Parliament, where we have to make compromise in order to do it. And we’ve shown that. We’ve shown that consistently.”
The Globe and Mail had reported earlier Tuesday morning, citing sources, that Carney was considering proroguing Parliament if the results of three byelections on April 13 push him into a sought-after majority government.
While a majority would give the Liberals enough votes to control the passing of legislation in the House of Commons, the membership of House of Commons committees doesn’t automatically reset and adjust to reflect a byelection.
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That means even with a majority, the Liberals could still face challenges with being outvoted or stalled by opposition members on some committees that study proposed legislation.
Prorogation ends a session of Parliament, kills any legislation currently in progress, and would require a new speech from the throne to restart a parliamentary session, including the re-establishment and re-appointing of MPs to committees.
Last month, MP Matt Jeneroux crossed the floor to the Liberals from the Conservatives, which was followed by Lori Idlout leaving the NDP on March 10. Two other former Conservatives, Michael Ma and Chris D’Entremont, crossed the floor late last year.
Carney currently needs three more seats to officially achieve a majority government.
Don’t believe Carney at all.
I’m still waiting for Roy and James to show up here at my nursing home in Duncan and spread my azz wide.
??? Why would he?
Ken, crawl back under your rock with your elbows up!.
Obviously Ken you are a liberal. Orange man bad, orange man bad, oh the horror! What exactly have the liberals done for Canadians in the last 11 years?
Guy said he would have so much done before 6 months of him becoming prime Minster, nothing has happened and actually things have gotten worse in Canada, so how can anyone take carney for his word? Guy constantly lies in parliment as does all the progressive liberal government, guy will do what’s best for him and Brookfield.
And anyone thinking Donald Trump is more of a threat than the progressive idealogy, needs to stay away from mainstream media and listen to opposing views instead of staying in an echo chamber, carney can fix just about everything in the country, he just chooses not to, let that sink in and think on it.
Like anyone believes a word out of his mouth. Lying pos.
Although it would be very entertaining to see Poilievre take his party to another huge defeat, Canada has more important things to worry about right now than having an election. The lunatic next door who is trying to kill us all comes to mind.
“Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.” David Horowitz. With Carney, just as with Trudeau, his words are worthless, watch his actions. Remember the quote above.
Just like his “MOU’s”, Canadians can’t trust anything Carnage says.
Too bad,since he isn’t there much,guess he is afraid of what Pierre Poilievre will ask him as carney like all the liberals never answer any questions asked by other parties.