Rideau Hall Watch: Just in time for Christmas, it's ... a constitutional crisis?
Spoiler Alert: No, no, it isn't, although in theory, it could be if there was any precedent whatsoever that would give the Governor General reason to even entertain, for a moment, the notion that he accede to a Liberal request that he withhold Royal Assent from the bill to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly pending a final ruling from the court.
Which, for the record, there is not.
Here's the full text of the letter that Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae sent to Rideau Hall this morning:
Rae to GG Bill C 18 En
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