Kathy Dunderdale thinks the provincial legislature is dysfunctional.
Well, if the House sat more often than it has since Dunderdale’s been a member, they might be doing better.
Dunderdale as premier is carrying on the tradition of her predecessor of avoiding the province’s legislature as much as possible. As labradore pointed out on Wednesday, Newfoundland and Labrador has had the shortest election campaigns in the country and gone the longest period between voting day and when the legislature sat next.
In 2007, the Tories – Dunderdale was deputy premier – went 153 after the election before they showed up in the legislature.
SRBP has been pounding on this issue since 2006. Dunderdale is continuing her predecessor’s ignoble tradition.
Uppity Date: labradore produced another picture that shows the time lapse between voting day and Throne Speech. The results for some provinces changed dramatically.
But guess what? Newfoundland and Labrador still drags its ass across the finish line in the democracy marathon. Or sprints effortlessly to an easy win in the anti-democracy dysfunction.
It all depends on how you look at it.
Either way, it’s nothing to be proud of.
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