Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from December 2002

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from December 2002

Parliament and democracy in the 21st century: parliamentary privilege.
December 22, 2002... Definitions of parliamentary privilege abound throughout the Commonwealth but drawing largely from Joseph Maingot, a bored Canadian author on the subject, privilege can be described as the necessary immunity the law provides for Members of a...

Reflections on the future of parliament and democracy.
December 22, 2002... This article argues that problems with Parliament are related to larger concerns about the health of democracy and suggests what has to be done to revive both Parliament and democracy. Parliament is often confused with democracy. A...

Roots of our democratic malaise.
December 22, 2002... This article suggests that several dysfunctional elements have crept into our democratic parliamentary institutions. Among other things it looks at the relationship between the executive and legislative branches, the question of party...

Can Parliament be reinvented?
December 22, 2002... Right off, one thing is clear about today's Parliament: the status quo is unacceptable. We must therefore come up with a new model that meets our expectations. Its true reform, however, is a collective responsibility, involving Members of...

In defence of Parliament.
December 22, 2002... Parliament is an ancient institution based on both written and unwritten rules and assumptions. This article argues that we must be careful in trying to reform Parliament that we do not introduce internal contradictions into the institutional...

Impact of globalization on parliamentary action.
December 22, 2002... National parliaments are losing some of their importance because of the little influence they have over so many aspects of globalization. This article suggests we move away from a world of international structures, based on nations, to an...

Is the decline of Parliament irreversible?
December 22, 2002... This article looks at some factors that have contributed to the decline of Parliament including the gradual loss of relevance of politics generally and the tendency of the executive branch to function as if Parliament did not exist. The author...

Electoral reform for Prince Edward Island.
December 22, 2002... Lopsided electoral results have become commonplace in Prince Edward Island politics. In three of the four provincial elections since 1989, the Opposition has been reduced to one or two members. In these three elections, Opposition parties...

Public service integrity officer.
December 22, 2002... On November 30, 2001 Treasury Board adopted a policy "On the Internal Disclosure of Information Concerning Wrongdoing in the Workplace". The objective of this policy is to allow public servants to bring forward information concerning wrongdoing...

American intern's notebook.
December 22, 2002... The United States has a long tradition in both the public and private sector of creating internship programmes to allow students to experience what it is like to work in a particular business or profession. These unpaid positions are usually in...

CPA activities: the Canadian scene.
December 22, 2002... Two Parliamentary Conferences on Parliament in Quebec A special conference bringing together parliamentarians and students of parliament from several countries was held in Quebec City from October 9-12, 2002. The conference was organized by...

Legislative reports: Manitoba.
December 22, 2002... The Manitoba Legislature has been fairly quiet since the House rose on August 9. MLAs are expected to reassemble in November or December for the beginning of the Fourth Session of the Thirty-Seventh Legislature, however there has been no word...

Legislative reports: Assemblee Nationale.
December 22, 2002... For the purpose of bringing a solution to the temporary closing of emergency services in certain Quebec hospitals, the Members of the National Assembly were summoned by the Premier for an extraordinary sitting on July 25, 2002, in order to...

Legislative reports: Yukon.
December 22, 2002... Yukoners went to the polls in a general election on November 4, 2002 to select Members to the 31st wholly elected legislature. To the surprise of most observers the Yukon Party won a resounding victory, capturing 12 of the Assembly's 18 seats....

Legislative reports: Prince Edward Island.
December 22, 2002... The Fourth Session of the Sixty-first General Assembly opened on November 14, 2002, with the reading of the Speech from the Throne by J. Leonce Bernard, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. The theme of the Government's agenda for this...

Legislative reports: British Columbia.
December 22, 2002... Since August 2001, the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has, as part of its mandate, reviewed and made recommendations to the Legislative Assembly on the annual reports, budgets and service plans of British...

Legislative reports: Senate.
December 22, 2002... The Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Parliament opened on September 30 with a Speech from the Throne read by the Governor General in the Senate Chamber. Although not yet occupied with a heavy legislative agenda, the Senate expected to deal...

Legislative reports: House of Commons.
December 22, 2002... The second session of the 37th Parliament commenced on Monday, September 30th with the Speech from the Throne delivered by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, to both Houses of Parliament in the Senate Chamber. Reginald Belair (Timmins-James...

Parlement et la democratie au XXIe siecle: le privilege pralementaire.
December 22, 2002... Dans l'ensemble du Commonwealth, la notion de privilege parlementaire correspond a diverses definitions. Neanmoins, en s'inspirant surtout de Joseph Maingot, sommite canadienne en la matiere, on peut definir le privilege parlementaire comment...

Reflexions sur le parlementarisme et la democratie au XXI siecle.
December 22, 2002... L'auteur soutient que la crise desparlements est inseparable depreoccupationsplus vastes au sujet de la sante de la democratie. Il propose des solutions susceptibles de redonner vie tant aux parlements qu'a la democratie. Souvent, la...

Quelles sont les racines du malaise democratique?
December 22, 2002... L'auteur suggere que plusieurs elements dysfonctionnels se sont glisses dans nos institutions democratiques parlementaires. Il examine notamment les rapports entre l'executif et le legislatif, la discipline de parti et les liens entre les...

Peut-on reinventer le Parlement?
December 22, 2002... D'entree de jeu, le constat qui se degage du parlementarisme actuel est sans equivoque: le statut quo est insatisfaisant. Il faut donc proposer un modele transforme qui puisse etre a la hauteur de nos attentes. Toutefois, ce veritable...

Plaidoyer pour le parlementarisme.
December 22, 2002... Le parlement est une institution ancienne qui repose sur des regles et des hypotheses a la fois ecrites et tacites. Lorsqu'on tente de le reformer, il faut, soutient l'article, prendre soin de ne pas essayer de le reinventer ni d'introduire des...

Impact de la mondialisation sur l'action parlementaire.
December 22, 2002... S'il y a un affaiblissement de la vie parlementaire nationale, c'est surtout parce qu'elle echappe a l'influence des facteurs de mondialisation sur lesquels elle n'a pas d'emprise, sur lesquels elle est mal informee et sur lesquels,...

Declin du parlement est-il irreversible?
December 22, 2002... Le present article examine certains Jacteurs qui ont contribue au declin du parlement, y compris la perte de signification graduelle de l'ordre politique et la tendance de l'executif a fonctionner comme si le parlement n'existait pas. L'auteur...

Reforme electorale a l'ile-du-Prince-Edouard.
December 22, 2002... Les resultats electoraux asvmetriques sont monnaie courante en politique prince-edouardienne. Depuis 1989, trois elections provinciales sur quatre ont vu le nombre de membres de l'opposition reduit a un ou deux. Dans ces trois cas, les partis...

Bureau de l'integrite de la fonction publique.
December 22, 2002... Le 30 novembre 2001, le Conseil du Tresor a adopte la Politique sur la divulgation interne d'information concernant des actes fautifs au travail . Cette politique a pour objectif de permettre aux fonctionnaires de divulguer de l'information...

Notes d'un stagiaire american.
December 22, 2002... Depuis longtemps aux Etats-Unis, les secteurs prive et public offrent des stages a des etudiants universitaires et, dans certains cas, a des eleves du secondaire, qui peuvent ainsi vivre une experience de travail dans certains domaines ou...

APC: la scene canadienne.
December 22, 2002... Deux conferences sur le parlementarisme a Quebec Une conference speciale reunissant des parlementaires et des personnes interessees au parlementarisme provenant de plusieurs pays s'est tenue a Quebec, du 9 au 12 octobre. La conference a ete...

Rapports legislatifs: Manitoba.
December 22, 2002... L'Assemblee legislative du Manitoba est plutot tranquille depuis la cloture de la Chambre le 9 aout. Les deputes provinciaux se reuniront sans doute en novembre ou en decembre pour amorcer la quatrieme session de la trente-septieme legislature,...

Rapports legislatifs: Assemble Nationale.
December 22, 2002... QUEBEC Dans le but d'apporter une solution au probleme de la fermeture temporaire des services d'urgence dans certains hopitaux du Quebec, les membres de l'Assemblee nationale ont ete convoques par le premier ministre en seance...

Rapports legislatifs: Yukon.
December 22, 2002... Les Yukonnais sont alles aux urnes lors d'elections generales tenues le 4 novembre pour choisir les deputes devant faire partie de la 31e legislature. A la surprise de la plupart des observateurs, le Parti du Yukon a remporte une eclatante...

Rapports legislatifs: Ile-du-Prince-Edouard.
December 22, 2002... La quatrieme session de la soixante et unieme assemblee generale de l'Ile-du-Prince-edouard a debute le 14 novembre par la lecture du discours du Trone, laite par l'honorable J. Leonce Bernard, lieutenant-gouverneur de la province. Comme on...

Rapports legislatifs: Colombie-Britannique.
December 22, 2002... Depuis aout 2001, le Comite special permanent des finances et des services gouvernementaux soumet a l'Assemblee legislative, conformement a son mandat, des recommandations concernant les rapports annuels, les budgets et les plans de service des...

Rapports legislatifs: Senat.
December 22, 2002... Son Excellence, la Gouverneure generale du Canada a inaugure la 2e session de la 37e legislature le 30 septembre par la lecture du discours du Trone. Meme s'il n'avait pas encore de lourd programme legislatif, le Senat avait a expedier les...

Rapports legislatifs: Chambre des communes.
December 22, 2002... La deuxieme session de la 37e legislature a debute le lundi 30 septembre par le discours du Trone prononce par Adrienne Clarkson, gouverneure generale, devant les deux Chambres du Parlement reunies dans la salle du Senat. Reginald Belair,...