Remember that "agreement in principle" regarding the release of documents relating to the treatment of detainees in Afghanistan? When it was announced on May 14th, I wrote the following:
A deal "in principle" is not a final deal when the memorandum that actually spells it all out won't be ready for over two more weeks. And if that memo isn't available until the end of May, when will the specially selected committee of MPs actually be selected, sworn in and get down to work? ...
...As long as we remain in the dark, the winner is Stephen Harper who suspended parliament to avoid the demands of a majority of the Commons and has been able to drag this out for almost six months now.
Today is the day that final memorandum was supposed to be released. So where is it? I thought we had saved democracy?
I wanted to give this the benefit of the doubt but I should have listened to my inner curmudgeon. I think we've been had.
agreement in PRINCIPLE?? Are you suggesting our government has principles?? Let's face it--none of our governments govern for Canadians--they 'govern' for themselves. This is not unusual behaviour--they all do this--protect their own asses. Words mean nothing. there is always a different translation than what we think it means. The Mulroney ruling today is a glaring example of that.
I think we've been had.
What do you mean "We've"? I knew it was bullshit from the word "go". I suspect it will disappear down the nearest memory hole. Shhh. Nobody wants an election.