Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from March 1998

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from March 1998

Some reflections on the role of caucus.
March 22, 1998... Sharon Carstairs is a former leader of the Liberal Party of Manitoba. She was appointed to the Senate in 1994 and is presently Deputy Government Leader. This is a revised version of a presentation to the a Canadian Study of Parliament Group...

Freedom of speech and the office of speaker.
March 22, 1998... David Hamilton is Clerk of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. This is a revised version of a paper presented to the 15th Canadian Presiding Officers' Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, January 15-18, 1998. One of the...

"Entity question" in the public accounts of British Columbia.
March 22, 1998... Russ Francis is news editor of Monday Magazine in Victoria. This article looks at a recent controversy in British Columbia over the format of the Public Accounts in that province. The heart of the issue is whether the summary financial...

Local party association activity and electoral success.
March 22, 1998... Bill Cross teaches in the Political Science Department at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. Most election study in Canada is focused on the leaders' tours and debates, and the perceptions of the campaign as relayed by...

Promises and policy: a study of two parliaments.
March 22, 1998... Christopher Garner is a doctoral candidate at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Academic studies and public opinion polls show that a high percentage of Canadians believe that politicians have no intention of keeping their promises....

Centennial saga: the construction of British Columbia's Parliament Buildings.
March 22, 1998... Kathleen Ryan-Lloyd works as a reference librarian at the Legislative Library of British Columbia. She recently assisted with the development of a new web site about the British Columbia Parliament Buildings at...

Dr. C.B. Koester: a personal memoir (clerk of the House of Commons from 1979-1987).
March 22, 1998... C.E.S. Franks is Professor of Political Science at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. The Clerk of a legislative assembly labours in the shadow of parliamentary government. The work, importance and achievements of clerks rarely get...