By ZamboniGovernor General Michaelle Jean today granted Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to suspend Parliament until January 26, staving off a certain vote of no confidence next week.
Perhaps the G.G. refused to engage in a smackdown because of a recent Ipsos-Reid poll that showed that a clear majority of Canadians are scared about their economic future. Which means that Madame Jean probably was reading public sentiment correctly. But it doesn't mean that we're at the end of this particular story.
You know what we cats think? Give the coalition some breathing room, and see if the appetite for a new government in Canada isn't reborn after the inspiring inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in the United States.
Our guess is that if the coalition can produce a new leader and a plan for Canada's economic recovery, Stevie Boy is toast.
In the meantime, Joyeux Noel, O Canada. See you soon.
(Photo; Agence France-Presse)
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