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Karl Pollak (kpollak@portal.ca) writes:
> eds@islandnet.com (Ed Seedhouse) wrote:
> 
>>>: Didn't the NF House of Assembly originally approve the Meech Lake
>>>: resolution and later rescind its approval?
> 
>>>When the Wells government was elected, it fulfilled its campaign promise 
>>>and rescinded its agreement.
> 
>>Not true.  The promise was fulfilled in that a resolution to rescind
>>was placed before the house.  But it was withdrawn before a vote
>>because Manitoba had already failed to ratify and their ratification
>>was necessary.  
> 
> Eddie, my boy, why, oh why, do you insist on making a complete ass of
> yourself with your "Not True" posts?  As usual, you're dead wrong.

But you're failling to tell what's wrong!

> 
>>There was and is, by the way, a large question left unanswered.  
> 
> Only in your mind, Ed, if you pardon the expression, only in your
> mind.
> 
>>It is
>>not clear that Newfoundland, having one passed the accord, had the
>>legal power to rescind.  
> 
> Since the House of Assembly is, like every other provincial
> legislature a "master of its own House", it can bloody well adopt and
> rescind resolutions till the cows come home.

Well in your mind maybe, as a famous person just wrote. :-)  Because the
constitution is speaking of passing the accord in the 3 years, not that a
provincial legislature has to agree for a full 3 years. 

In other words, when it's passed it's too late.  So Ed was right.