It's not the economy

A very good commentary. Thanks for sharing it with us. I had seen Mercer's quote about shooting a rabid dog in last week's Globe & Mail.

There was something Mercer wrote about, however, that I have not seen reported, and I would appreciate anyone's help in directing me to a media article with more information. Mercer wrote about John Baird suggesting to the media that if the GG did not prorogue, the Cons were ready to go above her head and that of Parliament.

This scenario, which I haven't seen discussed in the mainstream media, was one which I was personally concerned about playing itself out. What if the GG had decided NOT to prorogue parliament? Harper and the Cons had taken a position that the GG MUST aquiesce to any request the prime minister made of her. If she said "No", and Harper insisted that she had no right to say "no", where might that have led to? All of the Cons, including the Speaker of the House, not showing up on Monday morning to face a no-confidence vote? The firing of the GG and replacing her with one who would do Harper's bidding? Harper had said he'd do everything legal to prevent his own downfall. We surely would have been into a constitutional crisis had the GG said No. I wonder if any of these scenarios might have been discussed during the lengthy meeting between Harper and Jean.

Anyone who could point me in the direction of finding out more about Baird's "musings", that would be really appreciated.

"Sudbury" Steve May