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Looking Forward to Parliament

March 1st, 2010 2 comments

Looking ahead to the remainder of this week, the big excitement here in Shalampax is that Parliament will be reopening on Wednesday, March 3 after an extended National Democracy Month prorogation. (Prorogation shuts down Parliament and all of its committees. Considering how much our parliamentarians hate serving in our Parliament, it is surprising how infrequently prorogation is used here. However, I’m told that proroguing Parliament is a favorite practice of Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.)

All Shalampaxians are greatly looking forward to having our Parliament in session again because, with our Members of Parliament finally back in their chairs snoozing away, there will be much more room for the rest of us at Shalampax’s bars.

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