This Just In:

This afternoon, Stephen Harper and our Governor-General Michelle Jean have ignored the will of the majority of Parliament, thereby overriding the Canadian democratic process to allow the Conservatives seven more weeks of propaganda as an attempt to try and stave off the inevitable.

Prorogation has always been a dirty word. It stands as a political maneuver of last resort, or a dirty trick reserved for tyrannical kings. Why would Jean allow this to happen? Is she simply trying to leave a lasting legacy in a role that traditionally stays utterly benign? Or did she just do the opposite of what everyone thought she was going to do for the sake of irony? Either way, Stephen Harper has asked Parliament to shut down without dissolving simply so he can spend your money for seven more weeks on campaign-like advertisements attacking Dion, Duceppe and Layton.

The Conservatives will now go on the offensive, with a media blitz aimed at labeling the coalition government undemocratic or unconstitutional. They will try to say that Canadian voters gave the Conservatives a new mandate after the election. This is simply misleading. Harper would have us believe that our system of governance is more like the American style. But here in Canada we don't vote a party into power, we vote for a single MP. It is then up to that sitting MP to decide who will become Prime Minister. Harper's Cons received the most seats of any party, this is true, but he did not receive the majority of house seats needed to rule as he wishes. The majority of the house has now spoken, Stephen Harper no longer has the confidence of the majority of sitting MP's. Prorogation is simply avoiding the inevitable.

Michelle Jean should have acted her proper neutral role and allowed Harper to face the vote as he should have. I thought Christmas was going to come early. Now it's going to be late.