E-mail the Governor General!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 7:18am | Original Post Date

The Conservatives will be appealing directly to the Governor General to influence her important decision. The conservative grass-roots movement has hit the ground running; we need to do the same!

Send your thoughts on the Governmental Coalition, proroguing parliament, and the future!

Below is a sample letter from the Liberals you can send to Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada. Her e-mail is: info@gg.ca and her fax is (613) 998-8760.

Excellency,
I am writing to urge you to use your authority to uphold Canada’s Parliamentary system by allowing the new Liberal-NDP coalition to form the government. On October 14, Canadians elected a minority Parliament. The Conservatives under Stephen Harper have failed to gain the support of Parliament for their approach to the economic crisis now facing Canadians. By cancelling votes scheduled for Monday, December 1, they have denied Parliament the opportunity to express its lack of confidence.

Canadians have just been through their third general election in four years at a cost of more than $300 million. They do not want or need another election, which would only add greater instability in this time of economic crisis.

Given that a viable Parliamentary majority has been offered by a Liberal-NDP coalition with the support on confidence votes of the Bloc Québécois, I urge you to give the coalition an opportunity to govern.
I also urge you to resist any attempt by the Conservatives to prorogue Parliament. Such a move would serve no other purpose than to deny Parliament its constitutional right to vote non-confidence in the Conservative government.

You have been entrusted with the great responsibility of upholding Canada’s
Parliamentary system of government, and I expect you to take this duty very seriously.

Sincerely,
(Your Name Here)