Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from March 2000

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from March 2000

Media relations and the image of Parliament.
March 22, 2000... The interaction between parliamentarians and the press is critical because the media is a filter through which the general public views the institution of Parliament. This article offers pointers to new and veteran legislators interested in...

Bilingualism in the National Capital Region.
March 22, 2000... After thirty years the Official Languages Act has enabled bilingualism to hold its ground in Canada, and even extended it somewhat in Parliament, the public service, culture and everyday life. Despite these benefits hostility has not diminished...

Revitalizing democracy in the era of corporate globalization.
March 22, 2000... In the Autumn issue of the Canadian Parliamentary Review, Sarmite Bulte, MP and Chair of the House Sub-Committee on International Trade, Trade Disputes and Investment, wrote an article: "Canada and the World Trade Organization," in which she...

Royal prerogative and the office of Lieutenant Governor.
March 22, 2000... The primary role of the Lieutenant Governor is to represent the Queen of Canada within the context of the provincial political system. In the early days of Confederation, the Lieutenant Governor was seen more as a federal officer helping to...

Parliamentary secretaries in the 36th Parliament.
March 22, 2000... This article looks at the history, legal status, and experiences of some Parliamentary Secretaries in the 1st session of the 36th Parliament. In a political system where backbenchers are occasionally referred to as "nobodies," do these...

CPA activities: the Canadian scene: new Speakers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories.
March 22, 2000... On November 18, 1999 George Hickes became the first Manitoba Speaker elected by a secret ballot process. Mr. Hickes is an Inuit, born in the North West Territories, now known as Nunavut, and raised in Churchill, Manitoba. One of 13 children, he...

Legislative reports: New Brunswick.
March 22, 2000... Since the last legislative report, the Fifty-third Legislature was dissolved, New Brunswick voters elected a Progressive Conservative Government in a provincial general election, the Fifty-fourth Legislature opened briefly to elect a Speaker...

Legislative reports: Newfoundland and Labrador.
March 22, 2000... The First Session of the 44th General Assembly opened on March 16th, 1999. Lloyd Snow (Trinity-Bay de Verde) was re-elected Speaker, Douglas Oldford (Trinity North) as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees and Gerald Smith (Port au Port)...

Legislative reports: Manitoba.
March 22, 2000... The 1st Session of the 36th Legislature commenced on November 18, 1999 with the election of a new Speaker by secret ballot. George Hickes, NDP, Member for the Constituency of Point Douglas, was elected as Manitoba's first Inuit Speaker. Mr....

Legislative reports: Saskatchewan.
March 22, 2000... On Monday December 6, 1999, the 24th Legislature opened with the traditional speech from the Throne. The first order of business was the election of Speaker. Liberal MLA Ron Osika (Melville) was the sole candidate and became the province's 21st...

Legislative reports: British Columbia.
March 22, 2000... The British Columbia Legislative Assembly has been adjourned since July 15, 1999 and is expected to open the fourth session of the 36th Parliament in the coming weeks. Since adjournment, legislators' attention has shifted to the work of a...

Legislative reports: House of Commons.
March 22, 2000... At the start of proceedings on November 16, 1999, Speaker Gilbert Parent rendered a decision on the question of privilege raised by Jean-Paul Marchand (Quebec East, BQ) on Monday, November 1, 1999, regarding a civil suit brought against him by...

Legislative reports: Senate.
March 22, 2000... This report covers the Senate sittings of December 1999 and the first two weeks of February 2000, a period that saw some interesting debate in the Chamber as well as considerable committee activity. Traditionally, the Senate tries to conduct...

Legislative reports: Quebec.
March 22, 2000... The National Assembly adjourned its fall session on December 17, 1999. Since our last article was published last November, the Assembly passed 29 Government bills, 8 private bills, and two private Members' public bills. The following are the...

Legislative reports: Ontario.
March 22, 2000... The Ontario Legislature met throughout the Fall of 1999, for 54 sessional days, until December 23, far beyond the scheduled adjournment date of December 9. During this period, the issue of the non-passage of the 1998 Supply Bill and the...

Legislative reports: Alberta.
March 22, 2000... After some late night sittings, the fall sitting of the Third Session of the Twenty-Fourth Legislature concluded on December 8, 1999. The fall sitting comprised 13 sitting days. During this sitting, seven Government Bills were passed by the...

House of Commons procedure and practice.
March 22, 2000... House of Commons Procedure and Practice, edited by Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit, Cheneliere/McGraw-Hill, Montreal, Quebec, pp. 1216. Robert Marleau, Clerk of the House of Commons of Canada, and co-editor with Camille Montpetit,...

Processus legislatif et reglementaire federal.
March 22, 2000... Le processus legislatif et reglementaire federal, Luc Gagne, Les Editions Yvon Blais Inc., Cowansville, 1999, 424 pp. In a field where few works are written originally in French, this book is bound to be appreciated by many. It differs from...

Election results: Saskatchewan.
March 22, 2000... September 16, 1999 New Democratic Party 29 Saskatchewan Party 25 Liberal Party 4 Graham Addley Saskatoon Sutherland NDP Denis Allchurch Shellbrook-Spiritwood SP Pat Atkinson Saskatoon...

Election results: Northwest Territories.
March 22, 2000... December 6, 1999 Roger T. Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes Jim Antoine Nahendeh Brendan Bell Yellowknife South Bill Braden Great Slave Paul Delorey Hay River North Charles Dent Frame Lake Jane...