Canadian Parliamentary Review articles from September 2004

Canadian Parliamentary Review archives from September 2004

Parliament and democracy in the 21st century: a place at the table for cities.(Guest Editorial)
September 22, 2004... Cities are hives of tremendous activity--they are buzzing, creative centres where immigrants come to prosper, where our souls are lifted by the arts, where new neighbourhoods grow. Did those who drafted our first laws--making cities creatures...

Can parliamentarians become real players?
September 22, 2004... For the first time in twenty-five years Canadians elected a House of Commons where no single party has enough seats to command a majority. The advent of minority government is an opportunity for Members of Parliament to overcome problems that...

Minority government and public servants.
September 22, 2004... It has been a generation since Canada has had a minority government and much has changed in the way that public administration and the business of government is carried out. This article examines some of the implications of the new Liberal...

Responsibility, accountability, and the sponsorship affair.
September 22, 2004... On February 10, 2004, Auditor General Sheila Fraser released the much anticipated results of her audit of the advertising and sponsorship program run by the federal Public Works Department. She found that $100 million was paid to a variety of...

Proportional representation--the Scottish model applied to the 2004 Canadian election.
September 22, 2004... The purpose of this paper is to calculate what the result of the 2004 federal election in Canada might have been using a system of proportional representation based on the system in use for elections to the Scottish Parliament. This is only one...

Parliamentary institutions and cyber-democracy.
September 22, 2004... The Internet has increased the public's freedom of information, freedom of speech and freedom of action tremendously. This article focuses on two challenges posed by the harmonization of cyber-democracy and our tradition of parliamentary...

The British Columbia Teachers' Institute on Parliamentary Democracy.
September 22, 2004... In the third week of April 2004, fifteen teachers and five teacher facilitators from across B.C. gathered in Victoria to participate in the British Columbia Teachers" Institute on Parliamentary Democracy. These teachers, selected by a committee...

Public accountability in a minority government.
September 22, 2004... Minority governments provide parliamentarians with a better opportunity than majority governments to hold the executive effectively to account. This article argues that the government will no longer be able to rely on its majority in parliament...

Speaker's ruling.
September 22, 2004... Statement on Reasons for Vote to Break a Tie, Speaker Myron Kowalsky, Saskatchewan, March 29, 2004. Background: On March 29, 2004 the question on the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly...

British Columbia.(Legislative Reports)
September 22, 2004... The Legislative Assembly adjourned on May 20, having sat for a total of 47 days since the opening of the Fifth Session on February 10, 2004. During the spring sitting, 64 pieces of legislation were introduced, and 53 Government Bills and 3...

Alberta.(Legislative Reports)
September 22, 2004... The Spring Sitting of the Fourth Session of the Twenty-Fifth Legislature adjourned on May 13, 2004 after 43 sitting days. At the conclusion of the sitting, 35 Government Bills, 3 Private Members' Public Bills and 4 Private Bills were passed by...

Manitoba.(Legislative Reports)
September 22, 2004... The Second Session of the 38th Manitoba Legislature concluded on June 10, 2004. Notable events during the session including the approval of the first budget introduced by the NDP government since its re-election in June 2003, as well as the...

Yukon.(Legislative Reports)
September 22, 2004... The 2004 Spring Sitting of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, which began on March 25, ended after 30 sitting days on May 18. Six government bills passed third reading and received assent from Commissioner Jack Cable. These bills were: * Bill...

New Brunswick.(Legislative Reports)
September 22, 2004... The first session of the Fifty-fifth Legislature, which adjourned April 23, 2004, resumed May 4, 2004. During the adjournment Speaker Bev Harrison (PC, Hampton-Belleisle) presided over the Fifteenth Annual Student Legislative Seminar. Fifty-two...

Prince Edward Island.(Legislative Reports)
September 22, 2004... On Thursday, May 20, 2004, the First Session of the Sixty-second General Assembly adjourned to the call of the Speaker after 47 sitting days. During the Session, a total of 50 bills received Royal Assent; 50 motions were tabled; 175 written...

Assemblee nationale Quebec.(Legislature Report)
September 22, 2004... On June 17, 2004, the Assembly adjourned its proceedings for the summer after having adopted the Government's budgetary policy as well as 19 public bills and nine private bills since the resumption of parliamentary work in March. It should also...

Saskatchewan.(Legislative Reports)
September 22, 2004... The first session of the new Legislature adjourned on June 17th after sitting for 59 days. Sixty government bills were passed along with three private bills. Included among these bills were amendments to The Financial Administration Act which...

Ontario.(Legislative Reports)
September 22, 2004... A general election was held in Ontario on October 2, 2003, which resulted in a change of government after two consecutive majority terms held by the Progressive Conservative Party. Prior to the election, the Progressive Conservatives held 56...

CPA activities: the Canadian scene.
September 22, 2004... Small Countries Conference The 24th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference for Members from Small Countries took place in Quebec City from August 31st to September 1st. The Official Opening took place in the Legislative...