Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from June 2006

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from June 2006

Democracy in the 21st century: new opportunities for women parliamentarians.
June 22, 2006... Since its inception in 1911 the Commonwealth (formerly Empire) Parliamentary Association has undergone an amazing transformation. From an all male, all white organization representing six national Parliaments the CPA has evolved into a multi...

A note on party switchers.
June 22, 2006... Recent high profile examples of Members of Parliament who have changed parties has raised a number of questions about the frequency of such behaviour as well as political and ethical questions. This article is based on a study, originally...

Crossing the floor, conflict of interest and the Parliament of Canada Act.(Stephen Harper and David Emerson)
June 22, 2006... On March 20, 2006 the Ethics Commissioner of the House of Commons issued a report on an allegation that Prime Minister Stephen Harper contravened the rules of conduct set out in the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons...

Identities and ideas: participation of young legislators in the Canadian House of Commons.
June 22, 2006... On June 16, 2005, Stephen Harper, then leader of the Official Opposition announced creation of the Youth Conservative caucus composed of members age forty and under. The group's mission was to develop policy that speaks to youth. The creation...

Challenging the chair.(in Canada)
June 22, 2006... Impartiality is a prime prerequisite for occupants of the Chair in Westminster style parliaments but there are some cases in Canada and in other Commonwealth jurisdictions that have resulted infamous challenges to the authority of the Speaker....

Visible minority candidates in the 2004 federal election.
June 22, 2006... This article compares the number of visible minority candidates in the 2004 federal election with the three previous elections. It also considers some of the factors that encourage and discourage visible minority participation in electoral...

The 100th anniversary of the first opening of the Saskatchewan Assembly.
June 22, 2006... On March 29, 1906, in Regina representatives of the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary gathered to hear Lieu tenant Governor Amedee Forget of Saskatchewan acknowledge the expressions of welcome into the Canadian Federation that were...

Edward McWhinney, The Governor General and the Prime Ministers: The Making and Unmaking of Governments.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Edward McWhinney, The Governor General and the Prime Ministers: The Making and Unmaking of Governments (Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2005), 193 pp. The title understates the book's objective. Edward McWhinney, professor and former MP,...

Quebecoises Et Representation Parlementaire.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Quebecoises et representation parlementaire, Manon Tremblay, Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2005, 328 pp. This work is the fruit of exhaustive research on the representation of Quebec women in the National Assembly, the House of Commons and...

New Brunswick.(parliament)
June 22, 2006... Since the adjournment of the Third Session of the Fifty-Fifth Legislature of New Brunswick on December 23, 2005, Premier Bernard Lord, shuffled his Cabinet, an Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission completed its mandate and...

Yukon.(politics)
June 22, 2006... The last submission outlined certain changes to the composition of party caucuses in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. These changes included the resignation of Haakon Arntzen (formerly the independent member for Copperbelt, and before that the...

Alberta.(legislative procedures)
June 22, 2006... On April 4, 2006, Premier Ralph Klein announced that he would be retiring in September 2006. The Premier stated he would remain in office until his successor is chosen which is anticipated to occur sometime in November 2006. The Premier's...

Assemblee Nationale: Quebec.(Quebec. National Assembly)
June 22, 2006... The first session of the 37th Legislature was prorogued on Friday, March 10, 2006. The Lieutenant-Governor's address and the delivery of the Opening Speech by the Premier for the second session took place on Tuesday, March 14, 2006. The...

Nunavut.(legislative reports)
June 22, 2006... The Third Session of the Second Legislative Assembly of Nunavut reconvened on February 21, 2006. Finance Minister and Baker Lake MLA David Simailak delivered his first Budget Address on February 22. The proceedings of the House during the...

British Columbia.(legislative reports)
June 22, 2006... As outlined in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia's parliamentary calendar, Members adjourned the first session of the 38th Parliament on November 24, 2005. The eight-week fall session included the conclusion of the debate on...

Saskatchewan.(legislative reports)
June 22, 2006... The Assembly began its spring session on March 14th and proceeded to consider a number of special debates. The first took the form of an emergency debate on the challenges faced by agricultural producers. Introduced by the Agriculture Minister,...

Senate.(legislative reports)(Obituary)
June 22, 2006... The Opening of Parliament is a special event steeped in tradition that is over three centuries old with the Governor General, the Senate and the House of Commons coming together. In keeping this tradition, the formal ceremony to open the First...

House of Commons.(legislative reports)
June 22, 2006... Like its predecessor, the 39th Parliament is a minority Parliament. The new Conservative Government appears confident of its ability, despite its slim plurality of 125 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons, to form alliances with opposition...

Manitoba.(budget passed)
June 22, 2006... on March 6, 2006 the Manitoba Legislature assembled as the Fourth Session of the Thirty-Eighth Legislature resumed. Finance Minister Greg Selinger delivered his speech on the NDP Government's seventh budget. The total operating expenditure for...

Ontario.(legislative reports)
June 22, 2006... The Ontario Legislative Assembly sat for three weeks, from February 13, 2006, to March 2, 2006 before beginning the spring session on March 23, 2006. In the Spring 2006 issue of Canadian Parliamentary Review, we reported on a number of...

Prince Edward Island.(Legislative Assembly)
June 22, 2006... The Legislative Assembly opened for the Third Session of the Sixty-second General Assembly on November 16, 2005. It adjourned to the call of the Speaker on December 15, 2005, after 18 sitting days, and was recalled on March 30, 2006. ...

Nova Scotia.(fall sitting of Nova Scotia. House of Assembly)
June 22, 2006... The 2005 Fall sitting of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly began on October 13, 2005, adjourned on November 3, 2005, reconvened on December 8, 2005 and adjourned on December 8, 2005. Just before the House met, several events of political...

Speaker of the House of Commons re-elected.(Peter Milliken)(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... On April 3, 2006 Peter Milliken was elected to a third term as Speaker. Mr. Milliken was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. He was educated at Queen's, Oxford, and Dalhousie Universities. In 1973, he was called to the bar of Ontario and...

New speakers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.( Michael Malley and Cecil Clarke appointed)
June 22, 2006... The new Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly is Cecil Clarke. Mr. Clark is a graduate of Mount Allison University. After working in the Northwest Territories with NWT Housing and later Baffin Tourism and Commerce he returned to Nova...

New chair of Canadian Branch of CPA.(Commonwealth Parliamentary Association appoints Russ Hiebert )(Brief article)
June 22, 2006... On May 17, 2006 the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association held its first meeting since the general election in January 2006 for the purpose of choosing a new Executive and a Chairman for the Canadian Branch. The new...

Upcoming activities.
June 22, 2006... The Forty-Fourth Canadian Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association will be held in Gatineau and Ottawa from July 8-14, 2006. Two other activities will be held in conjunction with the Conference. On Saturday and...