Jack Layton, 1950-2011

My Canadian readers will know immediately who this guy is — a true gem of a man, of a national leader, of a Canadian, of a human being. Were that more like him...

So here's our condolences to his partner Olivia. Jack was a very special person, ma'am, and he will be very much missed.

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Do I have this straight?

I know. I said it was on haitus. Deal. :-)

NO PROROGUE

Okay, Mr. Harper, let's have a little chat, shall we?

You pulled this last year, remember? You'd got caught in some crisis or other, and your brilliant solution then was to dissolve Parliament until the heat blew over. Now, when there's another crisis, your solution?

Dissolve Parliament again.

Harper, in case you missed the memo, there's a lot of problems facing not only Canada but the rest of the world as well, and your convenient hiding out is serving neither you nor your party nor your country all that well.

Yes, yes, I've heard the "official excuse", some piece of twaddle about making it easier for MPs to attend the Olympics in BC. Harper, that has to be the lamest piece of side stepping I've heard out of Ottawa in a very long time, and that would include anything trotted out by Mulroney or Chrétien, both of whom were far more adept than you at this kind of nonsense.

So shape up, bud. You serve as Prime Minister at the will of the people, remember? Your party can be wiped off Parliament and reduced to a minimal presence with one simple election — or have you forgotten the election that saw the PCs with six seats?

Man up, mister, and get Parliament back to work. Canada doesnt have time for this bullshit.

(To my Canadian friends: check the website www.noprorogue.ca for information about rallies across the country. Click the image above for a wallpaper reminder, and then get out there and tell the politicoes that this isnt, as one said to CBC a couple of weeks ago, "some wingnut movement".)

Canadian catch-up content!

The boys are indeed Canadian, in case there might be any doubt sometimes. These strips, initially done about a year ago, have been re-formatted and are included here to keep the blog's collection complete. Just FYI for my non-Canadian friends, René Lévesque was premier of Québec from 1975 to 1986 and laboured unceasingly to make that province a separate, French-speaking country. The movement has had its ebbs and flows over the decades since, but I think most Québecers have come to the realization that the ROC (rest of Canada) would miss them dearly if they ever left.

With reservations!