Recommended reading: Alternatives to the Coalition

Over on the Elgin Street Irregulars blog, The Chair recommends the

top five alternatives to the parliamentary coalition .

"

Now that Prime Minister Harper has put the F-U in fiscal update pushing Canada into a constitutional crisis, I propose some alternatives to consider by way of governance," writes The Chair.

Suggestions include Barack Obama (“h

e gets some governance experience before taking on the big

job),

the Post Mistress General (”

anyone who can still get the mail through postal worker picket lines could probably move a few pieces of legislation"

), and CBC’s political panel ("

Peter Mansbridge would become the

Speaker of the House

and Rex

Murphy could become _ Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod") _

. Read on…

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Related: ** Ottawa Politics Guide