Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from September 1995

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from September 1995

Privatization and public/private sector partnership.(A New Brunswick Perspective)
September 22, 1995... Rocketing debt and diminishing revenues has led to a determination on the part of governments to balance budgets, to down size government and re-evaluate long-standing functions and services. Government leaders and legislators in Canada have...

Parliament and the press gallery.
September 22, 1995... The press gallery is an essential part of the democratic system. It is instrumental in helping Parliament perform its primary function in making government accountable for its actions. The public observes events through the eyes of the...

Constitutional conventions and election campaigns.
September 22, 1995... Parliamentary government is based on a number of important but unwritten constitutional conventions often overlooked both in public debate as well as in academic circles. In the October 1993 general election, the Conservative Government was...

A permanent voters' list for elections.
September 22, 1995... The importance of reducing expenditures and improving programs, systems and procedures concerning voter registration in Canada is again on the public agenda. This article argues that in order to find ways for saving substantial amounts of money...

Preliminary thoughts on a code of conduct for legislators.
September 22, 1995... There has been much debate over the past several years on what might be an appropriate code of conduct for MPs and Senators. In July 1995 a Special Joint Committee of the House and Senate was established to look at this issue. The first witness...

The rise and fall of the New Brunswick CoR party, 1988-1995.
September 22, 1995... This article traces the rise and fall of one of Canada's recently formed populist, "New right" parties, the Confederation of Regions Party of New Brunswick. It shows how and why the party was formed and why it collapsed in the last provincial...

Legislative reports.(Quebec, Manitoba, House of Commons, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Alberta, Senate)
September 22, 1995... On June 23 1995, the National Assembly adjourned for the summer having held 48 sittings since the resumption of the Session in March. During this period, 62 bills were passed of which 14 were private bills and 1 was a public bill introduced by...

CPA activities: the Canadian scene.
September 22, 1995... Thirty-Fourth Canadian Regional Conference The 34th Conference of the Canadian Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from July 23 to 28, 1995. The Conference brought together about 100...

Election results.
September 22, 1995... ELECTION RESULTS Saskatchewan June 21, 1995 New Democratic Party 42 Liberal Party 11 Progressive Conservative Party 5 * Gerard Aldridge Thunder Creek Lib Doug Anguish...