  Canada's Parliament  Harper goes prorogue   See article
Readers' comments    Frankly extending the time that politicians
are absent from parliament by three weeks does not constitute a
political crisis. As you can see from the hysterical comments on
this board the Harper Haters are out in full force. This is just
a continuation of the partisan nonsense that occurs everyday in
Parliament and generally sickens most Canadians. It would be
nice to have a grown up conversation about our country
unfortunately this is becoming more improbable. Most Canadians
are relieved to get a break from the crisis-a-day crowd I guess
they are amusing themselves by writing online. So be it most
Canadians have other more important things to be concerned
about.  RJ Wells  Those who say other governments did it plainly
did not spend the time to read The Economist article on how this
time it's different. Specifically, in the past Parliament was
prorogued for shorter periods of time and only after the
legislature had completed its