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Book Synopsis The Senate and the People of Canada by : James T. McHugh
Download or read book The Senate and the People of Canada written by James T. McHugh and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Senate of Canada is the upper house of its parliamentary system. It is an appointed legislative chamber that has been frequently derided for its apparent lack of effective activity, its failure to represent Canada’s federal system, and the perceived lack of accountability among its members. Reform of the Senate persists as one of the most contentious issues in the country. Typical reform proposals begin with the assumption that it must become an elected body that primarily represents Canada’s provinces and can serve as an effective check on the federal government and the House of Commons. This book challenges those assumptions through a thorough analysis that places the Senate within the context of other parliamentary upper houses. It presents a hypothetical constitutional amendment and a proposal for non-constitutional reform that are based upon alternative models derived from that broader context. The book ultimately recommends a Senate that remains unelected but with a more expansive appointment process that more appropriately reflects the optimal role of a parliamentary upper house as well as the diversity, regional aspirations, and political principles of Canadian democracy.
Book Synopsis The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective by : David E. Smith
Download or read book The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective written by David E. Smith and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective is the first scholarly study of the Senate in over a quarter century and the first analysis of the upper house as one chamber of a bicameral legislature. David E. Smith's aim in this work is to demonstrate the interrelationship of the two chambers and the constraints this relationship poses for Senate reform. He analyses past literature on the Senate and current proposals for reform - such as a Triple-E Senate - and compares Canada's upper chamber with those of Australia, the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, noting a revival of interest in Canada and abroad in upper chambers and bicameralism. Drawing on parliamentary debates and committee reports, as well as a range of broad secondary sources, The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective examine the Canadian Senate within the international context, shedding light on its role as a political institution and arguing for a renewed investigation into its future.
Author :Canadian Centre for Management Development Publisher :McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN 13 :0773525939 Total Pages :401 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (735 download)
Book Synopsis Protecting Canadian Democracy by : Canadian Centre for Management Development
Download or read book Protecting Canadian Democracy written by Canadian Centre for Management Development and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2003 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years Canada's Senate, Parliament's chamber of sober second thought, has often been the subject of controversy and calls for reform. Protecting Canadian Democracy examines the history, role, and evolution of the Senate; places it in the context of other federal systems; and contrasts its role with that of provincial governments. Contributors analyse the Senate's use of its legislative powers, comparing it with the House of Commons, and assess the Senate's contribution to public policy development and review, showing how the upper chamber functions as a forum within Parliament for the representation of Canada's diverse regional, linguistic, cultural, and socio-economic interests. contending that the Senate should be improved by means that do not require formal amendments to the Constitution. The authors identify possibilities for reform the institution within the current constitutional framework, addressing the Senate's veto power, its appointment process, and its legislative independence. A valuable appendix of charts and statistics on the composition and operation of the Senate is also provided.
Book Synopsis Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework by : Richard Connors
Download or read book Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework written by Richard Connors and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forging Alberta’s Constitutional Framework analyzes the principal events and processes that precipitated the emergence and formation of the law and legal culture of Alberta from the foundation of the Hudson’s Bay in 1670 until the eve of the centenary of the Province in 2005. The formation of Alberta’s constitution and legal institutions was by no means a simple process by which English and Canadian law was imposed upon a receptive and passive population. Challenges to authority, latent lawlessness, interaction between indigenous and settler societies, periods (pre- and post-1905) of jurisdictional confusion, and demands for individual, group, and provincial rights and recognitions are as much part of Alberta’s legal history as the heroic and mythic images of an emergent and orderly Canadian west patrolled from the outset by red coated mounted police and peopled by peaceful and law-abiding subjects of the Crown. Papers focus on the development of criminal law in the Canadian west in the nineteenth century; the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement of 1930; the National Energy Program of the 1980s; Federal-Provincial relations; and the role and responsibilities of the offices of Justices of the Peace and of the Lieutenant-Governor; and the legacies of the Lougheed and Klein governments.
Book Synopsis Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada by : William Johnson
Download or read book Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada written by William Johnson and published by Douglas Gibson Books. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has never been a book about Stephen Harper, yet on June 28 he came close to being our prime minister. If Paul Martin miscalculates, Stephen Harper could be our next prime minister in months, not years. Who is this man? Everyone knows that he became leader of the Alliance Party and, against all odds, gathered in the old Conservative Party to create a force designed to win power, coming very close in 2004. Yet what are his core beliefs? To what extent does he agree with his party's social conservatives, who scared away voters in the last election? Where will he take us if he gets power? William Johnson has researched the Harper family background and the historical context that shaped his political career. He paints a fascinating picture of a man who, like Pierre Trudeau, trained mentally for political power like an athlete training for the Olympics, yet is not a natural politician and never really wanted the political leader’s life. By studying Harper’s approach to the main issues in Canadian politics, he shows that Harper is a sophisticated political operative, far more complex and intellectual than the right-wing Republican image that has been created for him. This is a serious, objective political biography, short on gossip but long on clear discussion of Harper’s political views – and how he got them. Johnson’s message? Don’t underestimate this man.
Book Synopsis Senate Reform Proposals in Comparative Perspective by : Jack Stilborn
Download or read book Senate Reform Proposals in Comparative Perspective written by Jack Stilborn and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper reviews a representative selection of major proposals for reform of the Canadian Senate, in order to take stock of what has been achieved during the several cycles of public and political interest thus far provoked by this issue. ... Following a historical overview of Canadian Senate reform initiatives, this paper compares a representative selection of major reform proposals under four headings: method of selection, electoral system, distribution of seats and powers. A concluding section on evolving views of the purpose of the Canadian Senate makes some general observations about the shifting assumptions and expectations among Canadians in the various regions concerning the Senate"--Introduction.
Author :Alberta. Legislative Assembly. Select Special Committee on Constitutional Reform Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :424 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis [pt. A] Subcommittee A, May 24 to June 1, 1991 by : Alberta. Legislative Assembly. Select Special Committee on Constitutional Reform
Download or read book [pt. A] Subcommittee A, May 24 to June 1, 1991 written by Alberta. Legislative Assembly. Select Special Committee on Constitutional Reform and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Constitutional Pariah by : Emmett Macfarlane
Download or read book Constitutional Pariah written by Emmett Macfarlane and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian Senate has long been considered an institutional pariah, viewed as an undemocratic, outmoded warehouse for patronage appointments and mired in spending and workload scandals. In 2014, the federal government was compelled to refer constitutional questions to the Supreme Court relating to its attempts to enact senatorial elections and term limits. Constitutional Pariah explores the aftermath of Reference re Senate Reform, which barred major unilateral alteration of the Senate by Parliament. Ironically, the decision resulted in one of the most sweeping parliamentary reforms in Canadian history, creating a pathway to informal changes in the appointments process that have curbed patronage and partisanship. Despite reinvigorating the Senate, Reference re Senate Reform has far-reaching implications for constitutional reform in other contexts. Macfarlane’s sharp critique suggests that the Court’s nebulous approach to the amending formula raises the spectre of a frozen constitution, unable to evolve with the country.
Download or read book Canada written by Ronald Lampman Watts and published by IIGR, Queen's University. This book was released on 1989 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada written by Peter M. Leslie and published by IIGR, Queen's University. This book was released on 1988 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Debates of the Senate: Official Report (Hansard) by : Canada. Parliament. Senate
Download or read book Debates of the Senate: Official Report (Hansard) written by Canada. Parliament. Senate and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis House of Commons Debates, Official Report by : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Download or read book House of Commons Debates, Official Report written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons by : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Download or read book Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Our Scandalous Senate by : J. Patrick Boyer
Download or read book Our Scandalous Senate written by J. Patrick Boyer and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth breakdown of the recent wave of Canadian Senate scandals, highlighting the need for abolition. The Senate of Canada was created as a temporary expedient at the time of Confederation, offered as part of the negotiations to bring Canada’s original colonial provinces into the new political union in the mid-1860s. Since then, the original provinces with upper houses abolished them. New provinces were created without second chambers to their legislatures. Only the Parliament of Canada remains stuck with its redundant and irrelevant colonial relic, costly to maintain and out of step with the values of a modern democratic country. Today, the Senate of Canada is rocked by ongoing scandal. News of this far-reaching scandal rightly disturbs Canadians, but the real national scandal is the very existence of the Senate itself.
Download or read book Canada written by Peter M. Leslie and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Politics, Society, And Democracy by : H. E. Chehabi
Download or read book Politics, Society, And Democracy written by H. E. Chehabi and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1995-01-11 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part One of this volume contains essays on research methodology that are a tribute to Linz's work. Part Two focuses on the question of political identities, a topic that has gained relevance in a world that is increasingly segmented by overarching political and economic blocks. The essays in Part Three follow Linz's seminal work on authoritarianism and totalitarianism, while the chapters in Part Four reexamine his preoccupation with the transition to and consolidation of democracy.
Book Synopsis Constitutional Models by : South African Law Commission
Download or read book Constitutional Models written by South African Law Commission and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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