Protecting Canadian democracy : the Senate you never knew /

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 contr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Canadian Centre for Management Development
Otros Autores: Joyal, Serge, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
Temas:
Canada. > Parliament. > Senate.
Canada. > Parliament. > Senate > Reform.
Canada. > Parlement. > Sénat.
Canada. > Parlement. > Sénat > Réforme.
Canada. > Parliament. > Senate
Kanada > Parliament
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislative bodies > Reform
Reform
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Jocelyne Bourgon
  • Foreward / Michael Pitfield
  • Introduction / Serge Johal
  • Bicameralism and Canada's founders: the origins of the Canadian Senate / Janet Ajzenstat
  • Forty years of not reforming the Senate
  • taking stock / jack Stilborn
  • Bicamerlaism in Federal Parliamentary systems / Ronald Watts
  • Senate reform: back to basics / Gil Remillard, with the collaboration of Andrew Turner
  • Which criticisms are founded? / Lowell Murray
  • The Canadian Senate in modern times / C.E.s. Franks
  • Comparing the lawmaking roles of the Senate and the House of Commons / Paul Thomas
  • The improvement of the Senate by nonconstitutional means / David Smith
  • Conclusion: the Senate as the embodiment of the federal principles / Serge Joyal
  • Appendix / Jonathan Nagle.

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