Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from December 22 1994

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from December 22 1994

Note on the average age of senators since Confederation.
December 22, 1994... The data required to complete the study was obtained from listings prepared by the Senate Communication Office, the Library of Parliament, and the Canadian Parliamentary Guide. The necessary data for each Senator included the date of birth,...

Governance and information: myths, realities and the future.
December 22, 1994... Surrounded by the information economy, the information age, information highways, chief information officers, information management, and even the magazine Information Week, legislators, managers and citizens can be forgiven if they believe...

Members' pensions and salaries: a round table.
December 22, 1994... Greg O'Donnell (MLA, New Brunswick): The first question to ask is whether being a member of a legislative body is a full-time or part-time position. For me it is full-time. Let me give an example. My family used to alternate hosting Christmas...

New English Standing Orders of the Quebec National Assembly.
December 22, 1994... In order to clarify why it was deemed necessary to prepare new Standing Orders in English, it will be helpful to review the evolution of the rules of procedure of the National Assembly. By simplifying the facts somewhat, we can identify four...

Samuel Phillips Data Bank in parliamentary procedure.
December 22, 1994... Parliamentary institutions in Canada and Quebec are based on the British model. Our history in the new world bequeathed to us structures and principles which we have adapted over the years to suit our own needs. Even today we refer frequently...

Environmental action plan for British Columbia.
December 22, 1994... When this government came to power in 1991, the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (MELP) was responsible for over 20 Acts that related in some way to environmental management. It was clear that many of these Acts needed review and...

Private member looks at defence policy.
December 22, 1994... During the Cold War, Canada maintained a strong commitment to the Western Alliance. Defence spending was defined by commitments to NATO and NORAD in Europe and North America. These military alliances were justified on the basis of national...

Scrutiny of expenditures in the NWT Legislative Assembly.
December 22, 1994... In the parliamentary sense, the most notable difference is the lack of political parties in the NWT. After a General Election, voters know who the 24 MLAs will be. But we have no idea who will be in the Government. There is no "winning Party"...

Controlling the deficit: an Alberta perspective.
December 22, 1994... In our last provincial election both the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties ran on campaigns based on balancing the provincial budget. Over 85% of those Albertans who voted in the last election voted for a government that would...