Cabinet

[bcholmes]

To be fair, I do believe that in extraordinary circumstances a Prime Minister should be able to pass over his own MPs and put non-elected people into Cabinet. If Canada was at war and nobody in the House knew anything about the military, it would make sense that the PM be allowed to call up an expert on the Canadian Forces and have them join the Cabinet.

Or imagine being Stephen Harper and you wake up the morning after winning a general election only to realize that the vast majority of your MPs just aren’t smart enough to be in Cabinet.

— Rick Mercer

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Re: Cabinet

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

run, fortier, run!

[kat-chan.livejournal.com]

The Mercer piece was brilliant.

One of the aspects of the parliamentary system that I like is that the ministers (usually) have to be elected to office before becoming ministers. Seems Harper prefers a "spoils system", and will grant Senate seats to potential ministers, if need be.

Too bad it seems that you're all still some time off from another election.