Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from December 2000

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from December 2000

Some proposals to revitalize committe proceedings in Quebec.
December 1, 2000... A number of legislators feel there is a need to revive the reform movement insofar as committee work is concerned. This stems from dissatisfaction with the role assigned to members in the work of the committees and the latitude left to them in...

New Brunswick perspective on youth in politics.
December 1, 2000... After the New Brunswick general election of June 1999, the youngest MLA was 23-year-old Kirk MacDonald. In total there were four MLAs under the age of thirty and ten MLAs under the age of forty (including four cabinet ministers). This article...

Under-funding of post-secondary educational institutions.
December 1, 2000... Funding of Canada's post-secondary educational institutions will be one of the central public policy debates of this decade. This article looks at how well prepared we are to meet the challenge of a global knowledge economy. A recent study...

Parliamentary vision for international co-operation.
December 1, 2000... In September 2000 the United Nations, in co-operation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, organised a conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments to consider a draft declaration on "The Parliamentary Vision for International...

Time allocation in the House of Commons: silencing Parliamentary democracy or effective time management?
December 1, 2000... Is "time allocation" the best means by which to silence the opposition or does it allow rather for effective time management in the House of Commons? In 1969, the Trudeau government adopted, not without a vigorous reaction from opposition...

"Call to arms" for the Canadian Parliament.
December 1, 2000... Canada is one of the few developed democratic countries that uses the same symbol for its executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. The symbol is the Royal Arms of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada. This article...

Electoral reform lessons from abroad.
December 1, 2000... It is commonplace for Canadians to cite our federal and provincial electoral systems as models that should be copied by others. There probably is not a parliamentarian, past or present, who has not told an audience of students about the virtues...

CPA activities: the Canadian scene.
December 1, 2000... The Canadian Regional Seminar of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association was held in Halifax from October 19-22, 2000. About 35 delegates and observers from every legislature except the House of Commons, Nunuvat and Yukon attended. The...

Legislative reports.
December 1, 2000... New Brunswick The Second Session of the Fifty-fourth Legislative Assembly prorogued on Friday, June 16, 2000, after 65 sitting days. This marked the end of the longest session since 1981 and completion of the first full session since the...