Pressure mounting, PM losing credibility

Scholars join protest against prorogation

OTTAWA — More than 175 of the country's political scientists, legal scholars, and university philosophers have attached their names to a letter protesting Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament...

"Given the short-term, tactical, and partisan purposes served by prorogation, and given the absence of any plausible public purpose served by it, we conclude that the prime minister has violated the trust of Parliament and of the Canadian people,"_Weinstock wrote in the letter which will appear as an op-ed in many Canwest newspapers on Tuesday. "We emphasize moreover that the violation of this trust strikes at the heart of our system of government, which relies upon the use of discretionary powers for the public good rather than merely for partisan purposes. How do we make sure it serves the public good? By requiring our governments to face Parliament and justify their actions, in the face of vigorous questioning."

Just another bunch of whining Taliban supporters who hate the troops.