National Post: 'You know why they are playing out this farce of an inquiry into the calling of the Emergencies Act? It’s because the statute that enables the act makes subsequent inquiry mandatory. And despite the hearty bypassing of parliamentary customs and conventions the Liberal-NDP government has enjoyed under the convenient umbrella offered by COVID, outright defiance on serious statutes has been, for now, off the agenda.
'Give them time. The two J’s — Jagmeet and Justin — are fertile in seeking convenience and shelter from parliamentary norms.
'For example, they are now trying to give their ministers the power to adjourn the Parliament of Canada, without notice, till the fall of this year. And why not?
'For the past two years the House of Commons has been nothing but a halting-place between vast recesses and the PM’s flight-thick jet romps to international gatherings, back-and-forth flips across the country, and obligatory recuperation air-voyages to the sands and snows of Tofino and Whistler. Trudeau’s carbon-offset bill is probably equal to the entire budget of P.E.I. ...' [Full Article]
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