As this is written the Prime Minister of Canada is or ought to be crossing the street from the official residence of the Prime Minister at 24 Sussex Drive to the official residence of the Governor General at Rideau Hall.
It is widely anticipated that he is going there to advise the Governor General to prorogue Parliament until early in 2009. It is widely speculated that she may refuse - or that she may impose restrictions - or that it doesn't matter much whether she agrees because as soon as Parliament reconvenes the Conservative minority government will fall.
This is all spectacularly interesting stuff (really). Governors-General almost always accept the advice of their Prime Minister. In this case, at least one past Governor-General is publicly commenting that the current Governor General should refuse the Prime Minister's request.
How did this come to pass and where is the Parliament of Canada going in the near future? See below the fold.
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