Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from March 1995

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from March 1995

The size of legislatures: perspectives on provincial assemblies.
March 22, 1995... In November 1994, the 18th CPA Regional Parliamentary Seminar was held in Ottawa. One topic on the agenda dealt with the Size of Legislatures. The following comments are from a number of legislators including Emery Barnes and Fred Gingell of...

The size of legislatures: a perspective on the House of Commons.
March 22, 1995... This article points out many of the problems in redistributing (and possibly reducing) the number of seats in the House of Commons. It argues that the redistribution of seats has become an ad hoc operation in which the constitutional and legal...

The powers of parliamentary committees.
March 22, 1995... This paper reviews, in the context of parliamentary law, the powers of parliamentary committees with respect to witnesses, particularly public servants. It was presented to the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations on the...

Advertising in the 1993 federal election.
March 22, 1995... This article looks at the role of political advertising in the strategies of the four political parties which contested the 1993 federal election in English-speaking Canada. Research for this paper was supported by a Social Science and...

Removing barriers to private members' business.
March 22, 1995... From their nomination as candidates, through to their day today lives as elected Members, the political party has a controlling hand in the public life of an MP. A backbench MPs only legislative function is often regarded as fulfilling House...

Reconstructing debates of the Quebec Legislative Assembly from 1907 to 1962.
March 22, 1995... Two particularly important dates in Quebec's parliamentary history are 1792, the year of the first sitting of the Assembly of Lower Canada, and 1867, which marked the establishment of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. While several...

Never be off the road.(Lord Tweedsmuir's Visit to the North)
March 22, 1995... The appointment of a new Governor-General provides an opportunity to reflect on the role this office can play in the life of Canada, beyond the infrequently debated constitutional one. At each new appointment, editors and various commentators...

Legislative reports.
March 22, 1995... LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Manitoba The Sixth Session of the Thirty-Fifth Legislature began on December 1, 1994. The House sat for fourteen days before it adjourned for the holiday season. The business conducted included the Speech from the...

CPA: the Canadian scene.(12th Canadian Presiding Officers Conference)
March 22, 1995... 12th Canadian Presiding Officers Conference Yellowknife, NWT Delegates from every jurisdiction, except Quebec, travelled to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for the 12th Canadian Presiding Officers Conference, January 26-12, 1995....

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 1995... Dear Sir: In follow-up to your article on E-Mail addresses in the Winter 1994 issue, here are few additional addresses: Elwin Hermanson, MP hermae@parl.gc.ca Ian McClelland, MP mcclei@parl.gc.ca Ken Epp, MP ...

Retirement of Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Region, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1995... In December 1994, Ian Imrie, retired from the House of Commons and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Region, CPA. He came to Parliament Hill in 1964 and within two years had organized two of the largest international parliamentary...