Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from June 2000

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from June 2000

Prince Edward Island political primer.
June 22, 2000... This year the Canadian Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association holds its annual Conference in Canada's smallest province whose distinctiveness derives from its history, location and political traditions. This article looks at some...

Recent committee reforms in Ontario.
June 22, 2000... Parliamentary government requires a balance of ministerial responsibility and party discipline on one hand with a fair measure of opportunities for individual representatives on the other. Ontario's Provincial Parliament recently adopted two...

Role of the Senate in the legislative process.
June 22, 2000... In recent years the Senate has played an increasingly active role in the legislative process and has been subject to much criticism for its efforts. This article argues that the Senate has played this role at various times since its origin in...

Commonwealth parliamentary association in the 21st century.
June 22, 2000... The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states, each responsible for its own policies, consulting and co-operating in the common interests of their peoples and in the promotion of international understanding and...

Royal prerogative and the Office of Lieutenant Governor: a comment.
June 22, 2000... The Spring issue of the Canadian Parliamentary Review featured an article on the role of Lieutenant Governor by Professor Ronald Cheffins including a discussion of the conditions when a Governor General or Lieutenant Governor may refuse a...

The Clarity act debate in the House of Commons.
June 22, 2000... On December 13, 1999 the Government introduced an act to give effect to the requirement for clarity as set out in the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Quebec Secession Reference. The Bill provides for the House of Commons to...

Naming Canada's constituencies.
June 22, 2000... Unlike the Americans who assign numbers to their electoral districts, Canadians, as a carryover of their British heritage, name theirs. The idea of using geographic place names to describe electoral districts traces its origins back to the time...

Television and legislatures: the American experience.
June 22, 2000... It is now more than twenty years since the United States House of Representatives began televising its daily proceedings in March 1979. The Senate followed in 1986. This article looks at some of the effects television has had on legislative...

Speaking for myself: politics and other pursuits.
June 22, 2000... Speaking for Myself: Politics and Other Pursuits by Duff Roblin, Great Plains Publications, pp 253. The author of this lively autobiography was Manitoba's Premier from June 16, 1958 to November 11, 1967. His achievements and innovations in...

Legislative reports: House of Commons.
June 22, 2000... On February 10, 2000, Don Boudria (Government House Leader, Lib.) moved a motion to allocate one further day for the consideration and disposal at Second Reading of Bill C-20 -- An Act to give effect to the requirement for clarity as set out in...

Legislative reports: House of Commons: Committees.
June 22, 2000... On February 9, 2000, Speaker Gilbert Parent appointed, pursuant to S.O. 113(2), Peter Milliken (Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole) as Chairman of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-20 (An Act to give effect to the...

Legislative reports: Northwest Territories.
June 22, 2000... Members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories hit the ground running, following the General Election held on December 6, 1999. The 19 Members gathered in Yellowknife on January 11, 2000 to participate in a series of...

Legislative reports: Manitoba.
June 22, 2000... On March 24, 2000, Premier Doer announced that the 1st Session of the 37th Legislature would reconvene on April 25, 2000. The consideration of legislation, followed by the introduction of the Government's first budget on May 10, 2000, will be...

Legislative reports: Ontario.
June 22, 2000... The Ontario Legislative Assembly resumed its meetings in April. At the outset, the Speaker advised of the vacancy in the membership of the House caused by the resignation of Toni Skarica (PC) as the Member for Wentworth-Burlington effective...

Legislative reports: British Columbia.
June 22, 2000... The British Columbia Legislative Assembly opened the Fourth Session of the Thirty-Sixth Parliament on March 15. To date, only a handful of bills have been tabled, due to the speculation that negotiations between the caucuses will establish a...

Legislative reports: Alberta.
June 22, 2000... On March 2, Halvar Jonson, Minister of Health and Wellness, introduced Bill 11, Health Care Protection Act. The Bill, which has been the subject of considerable public attention and protest, provides mechanisms for the contracting out of...

Legislative reports: Nunavut.
June 22, 2000... The Third Session of the First Legislative Assembly adjourned for the summer on May 3, 2000, after forty-six sitting days. The Session opened on October 20, 1999, with a Commissioner's Address delivered by Her Honour Helen Maksagak. Much...

Legislative reports: Saskatchewan.
June 22, 2000... March 29th marked the opening of the spring sitting of the 24th Legislature. Finance Minister Eric Cline delivered the first budget of the coalition government of New Democrats and Liberals. Highlights included cuts to income taxes, an expanded...

Legislative reports: Assemblee nationale, Quebec: training and information sessions.
June 22, 2000... The National Assembly resumed proceedings on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. Since then, four Government bills have been passed by the Assembly, three of which concern estimates: The following are among the bills introduced since the beginning of...

Legislative reports: Assemblee nationale, Quebec: Committee report.
June 22, 2000... Since the National Assembly does not usually sit from the beginning of January to mid-March, parliamentary committees often take the opportunity to undertake important mandates during this period. This year again the committees devoted...

CPA (Commonwealth parliamentary association) activities: the Canadian scene.
June 22, 2000... Kevin J. O'Brien was born on October 26, 1955, in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut on February 15,1999. After serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1995 to...

Election results: Prince Edward Island: Yukon.
June 22, 2000... Prince Edward Island April 17, 2000 Progressive Conservative Party 26 Liberal Party 1 Wilfred Arsenault Evangeline-Miscouche PC Jim Bagnall Montague-Kilmuir PC ...