Well, now that the Senate has been stacked in the Conservatives favour, I’m sure Harper and his minions can get on with the the business of running our country.  Unfortunately, the House of Commons is still closed for business till the Olympics are done.

I wonder how much the Conservatives are betting that we will forget about the Afghan Detainee Torture Scandal?  I hope, for once our spineless opposition will not let the government squirm away from the issue.  Our culpability in Afghanistan needs to be fully explored.   Proroguing parliament may halt the formal aspects of our democratic process but it will not end our responsibility to those we have transgressed against.