Government - Written Wednesday, January 27, 2010 by Jeff DeChambeau - 1 Comment

Canadians friend Democracy on facebook

Many years ago I fearlessly founded the facebook group “Joining Facebook Groups is My Way of Changing the World.” This past weekend my sarcastic cause lost a bit of steam as facebook contributed in earnest to real-world political action. While Canadian politics usually make dishwater seem exciting and important, lately we’ve had a fair bit to be upset about. In a political move to (or so his detractors insist) avoid answering tough questions about Canadian Armed Forces turning over detainees to Afghan, where they would likely be tortured, Canada’s Prime Minister prorogued our federal parliament–this is roughly equivalent to the president putting congress on a time out (with the added bonus that the president would have to first ask a British appointee for permission to do so). Canadians got angry. Continue…