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The Senate and the People of Canada

Author : James T. McHugh
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 149854794X
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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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.

Women and Electoral Politics in Canada

Author : Manon Tremblay
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Women and Electoral Politics in Canada by : Manon Tremblay

Download or read book Women and Electoral Politics in Canada written by Manon Tremblay and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together many of the top scholars in the field to write original pieces on women and Canadian electoral politics, from a variety of perspectives. The focus of the book is formal politics: parties, political candidates, and elected officials. The book is divided into four sections covering the electoral system; parties and represenation; values and attitudes; and women and the media. Articles range from the role and influence of television in the election campaigns of female candidates to socio-demographic profiles of women candidates since the winning of suffrage to the end of the last century.

House of Commons Procedure and Practice

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book House of Commons Procedure and Practice written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference book is primarily a procedural work which examines the many forms, customs, and practices which have been developed and established for the House of Commons since Confederation in 1867. It provides a distinctive Canadian perspective in describing procedure in the House up to the end of the first session of the 36th Parliament in Sept. 1999. The material is presented with full commentary on the historical circumstances which have shaped the current approach to parliamentary business. Key Speaker's rulings and statements are also documented and the considerable body of practice, interpretation, and precedents unique to the Canadian House of Commons is amply illustrated. Chapters of the book cover the following: parliamentary institutions; parliaments and ministries; privileges and immunities; the House and its Members; parliamentary procedure; the physical & administrative setting; the Speaker & other presiding officers; the parliamentary cycle; sittings of the House; the daily program; oral & written questions; the process of debate; rules of order & decorum; the curtailment of debate; special debates; the legislative process; delegated legislation; financial procedures; committees of the whole House; committees; private Members' business; public petitions; private bills practice; and the parliamentary record. Includes index.

Our Scandalous Senate

Author : J. Patrick Boyer
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459723678
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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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 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rocked by extremely public scandals at the highest levels of power, the Canadian Senate is an institution on the defensive. As the upper chamber starts to look more and more like a comfortable private club for has-beens, the real scandal is that the Senate exists at all.

Reflecting on Our Past and Embracing Our Future

Author : Serge Joyal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0773555390
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Reflecting on Our Past and Embracing Our Future written by Serge Joyal and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear-eyed look at the Senate's original purpose and contemporary role in Canada.

The Modern Senate of Canada 1925-1963

Author : Frank A. Kunz
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487591071
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Book Synopsis The Modern Senate of Canada 1925-1963 by : Frank A. Kunz

Download or read book The Modern Senate of Canada 1925-1963 written by Frank A. Kunz and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1965-12-15 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the senate has changed much in recent years and—judging by the amount of recent public discussion on its role—might change even more in the future. This new study, the theoretical framework and theoretical discussion of which lift it out of the merely descriptive, contains a great deal of well-marshalled new material, from manuscript and ephemeral sources as well as from the printed Senate Debates Journals, and Reports of Committees. Little is generally known about the Senate, and of what little, much is erroneous. Professor Kunz's mass of detail and factual data, along with his evaluation of second chambers and of the performance of the Canadian Senate in particular, will do much to remedy this situation.

Constitutional Pariah

Author : Emmett Macfarlane
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774866241
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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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.

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate

Author : Al Franken
Publisher : Twelve
ISBN 13 : 1455540439
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Al Franken, Giant of the Senate written by Al Franken and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Senator Al Franken - #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum -- comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that. "Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." -- Louise Erdrich, The New York Times This is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect. It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it. It's a book about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from inside the belly of the beast. In this candid personal memoir, the honorable gentleman from Minnesota takes his army of loyal fans along with him from Saturday Night Live to the campaign trail, inside the halls of Congress, and behind the scenes of some of the most dramatic and/or hilarious moments of his new career in politics. Has Al Franken become a true Giant of the Senate? Franken asks readers to decide for themselves.

Canada's Founding Debates

Author : Janet Ajzenstat
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487516703
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Canada's Founding Debates written by Janet Ajzenstat and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada's Founding Debates is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from Newfoundland to British Columbia and in the constituent assembly of the Red River Colony. The voices of the powerful and those of lesser note mingle in impassioned debate on the pros and cons of creating or joining the new country, and in defining its nature. In short explanatory essays and provocative annotations, the editors sketch the historical context of the debates and draw out the significance of what was said. By organizing the debates thematically, they bring out the depth of the founders' concern for issues that are as vital today as they were then: the meaning of liberty, the merits of democracy, the best form of self-government, the tension between collective and individual rights, the rule of law, the requirements of political leadership, and, of course, the nature of Canadian nationality. Canada's Founding Debates offers a fresh and often surprising perspective on Canada's origins, history, and political character. Previously published by Stoddart Publishing, 1999.

The Parliament of Canada

Author : C. E. S. Franks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Parliament of Canada written by C. E. S. Franks and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative study C.E.S Franks explores the nature of Canada's parliamentary system and the roots of current dissatisfaction with its institutions.

The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective

Author : David Smith
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802094643
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (946 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective written by David Smith and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 0 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.

The Contemporary House of Lords

Author : Meg Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199671567
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Contemporary House of Lords written by Meg Russell and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painting a detailed portrait of the House of Lords since reform removed most hereditary members in 1999, this book demonstrates the chamber's newly diverse membership and substantial policy impact in British politics. It also places the Lords in a comparative context, asks if it can be considered 'legitimate', and examines the likelihood of reform.

Senates

Author : Samuel C. Patterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Senates written by Samuel C. Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the upper houses of the world's parliaments within their own political systems, capturing their development over time and characterizing their relations with the lower house, the government of the day, and extraparliamentary political parties. Begins with the US Senate, then analyzes the German, Australian, and Canadian federal senates. Remaining chapters look at senatorial segments of parliamentary life in the unitary systems of France, Britain, Italy, Spain, and Poland. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Canadian Regime

Author : Patrick Malcolmson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442600470
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Regime written by Patrick Malcolmson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lucid and comprehensive, this fourth edition of The Canadian Regime includes analysis of the 2008 federal election, as well as updated discussions of coalition government, the single transferable vote, and the role of the Governor General, The authors also explore new developments in Senate reform and Supreme Court appointments. Like its predecessors, this edition provides a unique analysis of Canada's political regime by challenging readers to think of the political system as an organic entity where change in one area inevitably ripples through the rest of the system."--BOOK JACKET.

Nice Work

Author : Claire Hoy
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nice Work written by Claire Hoy and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1999 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claire Hoy has turned his irascible attention to Canada’s Senate. It’s not a pretty sight. The trial of Senator Eric Berntson that resulted in his conviction for fraud in February 1999, (a result that is being appealed), represents only the most recent in a long line of scandals the Canadian Senate has endured. True, some senators perform work that is constructive and useful, most of it in committees that examine legislation put forward by the House of Commons. But even their defenders admit that these contributions don’t add up to much and note that a declining minority of senators carries the load. Tory Senator Brenda Robertson, vice-chair of the Standing Orders Committee, admitted the party has problems getting senators to attend. “According to my math,” she reported, “in about four years we will have about twenty-five active members in the Senate.” Those are the good ones. The others collect their generous pay, perks, and allowances while they either slack off, actively pursue partisan political advantage for their respective parties, or build wealth for themselves and the corporations on whose boards of directors so many of them sit. There are signs that the end may be approaching. The mammoth battles – of ego and partisan rancour – that marked the second term of the Mulroney government, when the Liberal leader in the Senate set out to sabotage the legislative program of the Tories, marked an undoubted low point in the history of the upper chamber. Whether the Senate can be reformed, however, and what shape reform should take, remain open questions.

The American Senate

Author : Neil MacNeil
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199339570
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The American Senate written by Neil MacNeil and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013 The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan, dysfunctional chamber. What happened to the house that forged American history's great compromises? In this groundbreaking work, a distinguished journalist and an eminent historian provide an insider's history of the United States Senate. Richard A. Baker, historian emeritus of the Senate, and Neil MacNeil, former chief congressional correspondent for Time magazine, integrate nearly a century of combined experience on Capitol Hill with deep research and state-of-the-art scholarship. They explore the Senate's historical evolution with one eye on persistent structural pressures and the other on recent transformations. Here, for example, are the Senate's struggles with the presidency--from George Washington's first, disastrous visit to the chamber on August 22, 1789, through now-forgotten conflicts with Presidents Garfield and Cleveland, to current war powers disputes. The authors also explore the Senate's potent investigative power, and show how it began with an inquiry into John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. It took flight with committees on the conduct of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and World War II; and it gained a high profile with Joseph McCarthy's rampage against communism, Estes Kefauver's organized-crime hearings (the first to be broadcast), and its Watergate investigation. Within the book are surprises as well. For example, the office of majority leader first acquired real power in 1952--not with Lyndon Johnson, but with Republican Robert Taft. Johnson accelerated the trend, tampering with the sacred principle of seniority in order to control issues such as committee assignments. Rampant filibustering, the authors find, was the ironic result of the passage of 1960s civil rights legislation. No longer stigmatized as a white-supremacist tool, its use became routine, especially as the Senate became more partisan in the 1970s. Thoughtful and incisive, The American Senate: An Insider's History transforms our understanding of Congress's upper house.

How Canadians Govern Themselves

Author : Eugene Alfred Forsey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780660044880
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book How Canadians Govern Themselves written by Eugene Alfred Forsey and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Canada's parliamentary system, from the decisions made by the Fathers of Confederation, to the daily work of parliamentarians in the Senate and House of Commons. Useful information on Canada's constitution, the judicial system, and provincial and municipal powers is also gathered together in this one reference book.