Tories to ignore vote on MP mail outs

[Clintonista2]

Another fight is brewing over the supremacy of Parliament – a war this time being waged over those lowly one-page partisan mail-outs that tend to wind up in household recycling bins.

A majority of MPs in the House of Commons voted this week to ban mass mailings outside their own ridings, directing the Board of Internal Economy to “end immediately the wasteful practice.”

But the Conservative government says it considers the motion “non-binding” and the Prime Minister's Office says it will continue to use the controversial “10-per-center” program to communicate with Canadians.

Liberals, who proposed the motion, say they are immediately stopping all their mailings of 10-per-centers and maintain that if all parties follow suit it will save taxpayers at least $10 million annually.

The Liberals say the motion by the full House of Commons does not give the secretive Board of Internal Economy — comprised of MPs from all parties — any latitude to ignore the decision.

Parliament is already locked in a much more serious debate over a Commons vote that demanded the release of all government documents on the Afghan detainee matter.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-to-ignore-vote-on-mp-mail-outs/article1503609/

[HeresyLives]

1. Harper has now gone beyond presidential, to dictatorial.

King Stephen is what he's become.

[tuvor]

2. Flip-flop.

Three hours later - after news reports of Conservative intransigence began to circulate - another PMO spokesman, Dimitri Soudas, emailed The Canadian Press to say the "Conservative caucus supports eliminating out-of-riding ten-per centers so long as this restriction applies to all parties."

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/tories-say-theyll-ignore-parliamentary-vote-to-ban-tax-funded-mailings-88238237.html

[daleo]

3. Well, that's what the motion said

So they support the motion. No wiggle room here.

[HeresyLives]

4. Sure is a lot of 'correcting' and 'clarification' lately.

Don't these guys ever meet to agree on something beforehand?

[Spazito]

5. This is hilarious...

Little Stevie is having trouble micro-managing it seems. They have had to flip-flop on three things very recently - the anthem change, the internet access and now this. I just hope they keep on flipping and flopping, lol.