A constitutional scholar who advised Michaëlle Jean during the 2008 parliamentary crisis says Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave the Governor General certain commitments ahead of her decision to grant his request for prorogation.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper arriving at Rideau Hall on Dec. 4, 2008, to meet with Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)The revelation by Peter Russell comes amid a sea of praise for Jean as she departed Rideau Hall this week following a five-year term as Governor General. But at the time of the crisis, many questioned her decision to grant Harper a reprieve from a House of Commons confidence vote that his minority Conservative government would almost certainly have lost.
You evil evil woman. Good riddance.
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