Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from June 2002

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from June 2002

Parliament and democracy in the 21st century: the crown and the constitution.
June 22, 2002... This fall the Queen will be making her twentieth visit to Canada (not including her tour as Princess in October 1951). For half a century, she has personally contributed, beyond measure, to the strengthening of civil society in Canada. When not...

Reforming Royal Assent procedures.
June 22, 2002... When a Bill has been adopted by the House of Commons and the Senate it receives Royal Assent in a ceremony conducted in the Senate chamber. Dissatisfaction with the current process of granting Royal Assent has been smouldering for nearly twenty...

New realities at the Canadian-U.S. border.
June 22, 2002... The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States brought traffic at the border to a screeching halt and Canada's economy grinding to a standstill. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks lineups stretching to 12 miles and...

Liberal Woman's caucus.
June 22, 2002... Caucus meetings by nature are exclusive to elected Members of Parliament. In certain circumstances, staff are allowed access to provide a supportive role, but the private nature of Caucus is critical. It provides Members an opportunity to...

Prism: the House of Commons integrated technology project.
June 22, 2002... The publishing of parliamentary documents began years ago and has evolved with different technologies including pen and paper, typewriters, word processors, computers, off set printers, laser printers, and now the Internet. Legislatures are now...

Indian Act: an historical perspective.
June 22, 2002... In 2001 the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Robert Nault, announced that the government would be introducing legislation to overhaul the Indian Act. In anticipation of this legislation in February 2002, the House of Commons Standing Committee...

Bicentennial of the Quebec National Assembly library.
June 22, 2002... Legislators regularly celebrate anniversaries of various types, such as the creation of legislative institutions, the establishment of the press gallery or of Hansard or the passage of the Act giving women the right to vote. This year, Quebec...

CPA activities: the Canadian scene.
June 22, 2002... New Speaker in Quebec On Tuesday, March 12, 2002, the National Assembly elected a new Speaker, Louise Harel, by secret ballot. Born in Sainte-Therese-de-Blainville on April 22, 1946, Louise Harel obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the...

Legislative reports: Northwest Territories.
June 22, 2002... The Fifth Session of the Fourteenth Assembly of the Northwest Territories convened on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 and sat through March 15, 2002. This being the annual Budget Session, the majority of house business was concerned with budgetary...

Legislative reports: Manitoba.
June 22, 2002... On April 22, 2002, the Third Session of the Thirty-Seventh Legislature resumed with the presentation of the Budget Speech by Greg Selinger, Minister of Finance. Highlights of the budget, as outlined in a government news release included: *...

Legislative reports: Ontario.
June 22, 2002... Change was the order of the day when the Ontario Legislative Assembly resumed sitting again on May 9, with a Speech from the Throne opening the 3rd Session of the 37th Parliament. The Speech was read by the Honourable James Bartleman, who was...

Legislative reports: British Columbia.
June 22, 2002... As reported in the previous issue, the Minister of Finance and Government House Leader, Gary Collins (Vancouver-Fairview), presented the Liberal government's first complete budget on February 19, 2002. He defined the top priorities of the...

Legislative reports: Prince Edward Island.
June 22, 2002... On March 26, 2002, the Third Session of the Sixty-first General Assembly re-opened for the Spring Sitting with the presentation of the budget. Pat Mella, currently Canada's longest-serving Provincial Treasurer, introduced her sixth budget which...

Legislative reports: House of Commons.
June 22, 2002... The early part of 2002 has been dominated by controversy and acrimonious relations between government and opposition Members on issues ranging from Canada's participation in the American-led campaign against terrorism in Afghanistan to the...

Legislative reports: Assemblee Nationale Quebec.
June 22, 2002... On March 12, 2002, Louise Harel was elected President of the National Assembly by secret ballot. This was the second time the Assembly used the secret ballot procedure. Only one round was required for Mrs. Harel to obtain the majority of votes....

Legislative reports: Alberta.
June 22, 2002... The Spring Sitting of the Second Session of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature adjourned on May 14, 2002 after 37 sitting days. At the conclusion of the sitting, 28 Government Bills, 3 Private Members' Public Bills and 1 Private Bill were passed by...

Legislative reports: Senate.
June 22, 2002... Although there was considerable debate in the Senate on a number of bills during the spring of 2002, it was clearly the reports of Senate committees that captured the attention of the senators. One committee in particular, the Standing Senate...

Legislative reports: Nunavut.
June 22, 2002... The year 2002 began busily for the First Legislative Assembly with a number of its Standing Committees holding public meetings in which independent officers appeared to present their annual reports and answer questions from Members. The...

Consitution et la couronne.
June 22, 2002... Cet automne, la Reine visitera le Canada pour la 20e fois, si nous ne tenons pas compte du sejour qu'elle avait fait ici a titre de princesse en octobre 1951. Pendant un demi-siecle, elle a contribue personnellement et incommensurablement au...

Reforme de la procedure de sanction royale.
June 22, 2002... Apres qu'un projet de loi a ete adopte par la Chambre des communes et le Senat, on donne la sanction royale au projet lors d'une ceremonie tenue au Senat. L'actuelle ceremonie de sanction royale suscite un certain mecontentement depuis pres de...

Nouveau realities a la frontiere canando-americaine.
June 22, 2002... Les attentats terroristes perpetres contre les Etats-Unis le 11 septembre 2001 ont abruptement interrompu les activites a la frontiere et paralyse l'economie canadienne. Presque immediatement, les files d'attente a la frontiere s'etendaient...

Prisme: le projet de technologie integree de la Chambre des communes.
June 22, 2002... La production de documents parlementaires, activite dont les origines remontent a quelques centaines d'annees, a evolue au fil des diverses technologies : plume et papier, machines a ecrire, systemes de traitement de texte, ordinateurs, presses...

Caucus des femmes liberales.
June 22, 2002... Les reunions de groupes parlementaires sont, par nature, reservees aux parlementaires elus. Des employes sont parfois autorises a y assister a titre de personnel de soutien, mais la confidentialite du caucus est un aspect vital. Elle fournit...

Loi sur leas Indiens: perspective historique.
June 22, 2002... En 2001, Robert Nault, ministre des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien, a annonce que le gouvernement deposerait un projet de loi visant a remanier la Loi sur les Indiens. En prevision du depot de ce texte, le Comite permanent des affaires...

Bicentennaire de la Bibliotheque de l'Assemblee nationale du Quebec.
June 22, 2002... L'Assemblee nationale n'est pas en reste. Les parlementaires marquent regulierement des anniversaires de tout ordre mais aussi ceux de l'institution elle-meme : naissance des institutions legislatives, mise sur pied de la Tribune de la presse...

APC: la scene canadienne.
June 22, 2002... Nouvelle presidente de l'Assemblee nationale Le mardi 12 mars 2002, l'Assemblee nationale a elu, par scrutin secret, une nouvelle presidente, Mme Louise Harel. Nee a Sainte-Therese-de-Blainville le 22 avril 1946, Louise Harel obtient...

Rapports legislatifs: Assemblee Nationale Quebec.
June 22, 2002... Le 12 mars, Mme Louise Harel a ete elue presidente de l'Assemblee nationale par le vote secret de ses pairs. L'Assemblee utilisait ainsi, pour la seconde fois, la procedure de vote au scrutin secret. Un seul tour de scrutin a permis a Mme Harel...

Rapports legislatifs: Northwest Territories.
June 22, 2002... La 5e session de la 14e legislature des Territoires du Nord-Ouest a commence ses travaux le mardi 19 fevrier et a siege jusqu'au 15 mars. Comme il s'agit de la session annuelle sur le budget, la majorite des travaux de la Chambre ont porte sur...

Rapports legislatifs: Manitoba.
June 22, 2002... Le 22 avril, la 3e session de la 37e legislature a repris lorsque Greg Selinger, ministre des Finances, a livre son discours du budget. Selon un communique de presse du gouvernement, le budget prevoit, entre autres mesures importantes, les...

Rapports legislatifs: Ontario.
June 22, 2002... Le changement etait a l'ordre du jour lorsque l'Assemblee legislative de l'Ontario a repris ses activites le 9 mai, avec un discours du Trone inaugurant la 3e session de la 37e legislature. Le discours a ete lu par l'honorable James Bartleman,...

Rapports legislatifs: Colombie-Britannique.
June 22, 2002... Comme il est mentionne dans le precedent numero, le ministre des Finances, Gary Collins (Vancouver-Fairview), a presente le premier budget complet du gouvernement liberal le 19 fevrier. Il a defini les principales orientations du plan financier...

Rapports legislatifs: Ile-du-Prince-Edouard.
June 22, 2002... Le 26 mars, la 3e session de la 61e legislature a entame ses travaux du printemps par la presentation du budget. Pat Mella a depose son 6e budget, dont les depenses s'etablissaient a environ 1 milliard de dollars. Parmi les ministres...

Rapports legislatifs: Chambre des communes.
June 22, 2002... A la Chambre des communes, l'annee 2002 s'est amorcee dans la controverse et l'acrimonie; que ce soit la participation du Canada a la campagne contre le terrorisme menee par les Americains en Afghanistan ou les contrats de publicite accordes...

Rapports legislatifs: Alberta.
June 22, 2002... Les seances du printemps de la 2e session de la 25e legislature ont ete ajournees le 14 mai, apres 37 jours de deliberations. A la fin des travaux, l'Assemblee avait adopte 28 projets de loi du gouvernement, trois projets de loi d'interet...

Rapports legislatifs: Le Senat.
June 22, 2002... Bien que des projets de loi varies aient fait l'objet de nombreux debats au Senat au printemps 2002, ce sont nettement les rapports de comites senatoriaux qui ont le plus attire l'attention des senateurs. Un comite en particulier, le Comite...

Rapports legislatifs: Nunavut.
June 22, 2002... L'annee 2002 s'est amorcee dans la febrilite pour la lre legislature de l'Assemblee legislative. En effet, de nombreux comites permanents ont tenu des rencontres publiques ou des fonctionnaires independants ont comparu afin de venir presenter...