I placed this on the anti-prorogue facebook page:
This PM has done more than any other to subvert Canadian democratic institutions:
Media: controls who can ask questions-- more than any other Canadian PM in history. Runs more attack ads outside elections.
Governor General: Has completely undermined that office. Someday we may hear the real story behind this.
House of Commons: wrote the book on subverting Parliamentary Committees; ignores parliamentary decisions. Shuts down Parliament without majority approval.
Courts: Ignores Supreme Court decisions taken against his positions. (re Guantanamo child prisoner)
Senate: is planning to allow faster turnover in the Senate so that it will reflect the current PM's wishes (that's what shorter terms means).
Elections: He is proposing finance changes so that only the Conservatives backed by big money could be competitive.
Harper has attacked systematically every check on a PM's power. There is nothing he has not tried to do to make himself more like a dictator.
People need to see how this action fits into an unprecedented pattern of anti-democratic behaviour. We have had some arrogant truly awful PMs in our history but none have gone this far.