When Defeat Is Certain - Sue
Democracy Watch, which said it’s a non-profit, non-partisan
group that advocates government accountability, filed suit today
in federal court in Ottawa. A hearing is scheduled for tomorrow
on the group’s request that a federal judge rule the Sept. 7
dissolution of parliament illegal.
According to most recent opinion polls, the Conservatives
are close to winning a majority of the seats in the Oct. 14 vote.
“Democracy Watch is filing this case not only to challenge
the calling of the current election, but also to win a ruling
that will prohibit future prime ministers from calling
elections” without having been forced to by a vote of non-
confidence in the legislature, the group said in a statement.
Too little, too late.
Why is it that there is no information on this group on the web, other than links to its site on a very far left web directory?
The suit sounds very suspicious - and comes when the Conservatives probably have a majority in the making.
You’d think with all the scandals the Liberal party has given Canada, they would have been more active in the past.
They may be for actual democracy - but their website makes me question their motives…
Any insight?
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October 2nd, 2008 at 6:38 am
I think what is most telling is that it took them 3 1/2 weeks to file this thing, even after several weeks of rumblings before the election was called that one could be coming. Either Democracy Watch was asleep at the wheel of this issue, or they are only filing this now because it’s looking bad for the left-wingers.
Considering how DW are usually a lot more on top of things than this, I would wager it has more to do with the later than the former.