The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a democracy advocacy group that says Prime Minister Stephen Harper broke his own law in 2008 when he asked for a federal election. It was the third legal challenge by the non-profit organization Democracy Watch. As is routine, the Supreme Court did not give reasons for dismissing the appeal. Democracy Watch says the Prime Minister, pictured, broke his own fixed-election date law, which received royal assent in May 2007, by asking then-governor-general Michaelle Jean to dissolve Parliament in September 2008. Ms. Jean agreed to Mr. Harper’s request and Canadians went to the polls on Oct. 14. “It’s disappointing because the law was changed …and yet the courts are saying that those changes to the law are meaningless, and have no effect on fixing election dates,” Democra c y Watch coordinator Duff Conacher said following Thursday’s decision.

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