| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 371 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Issued also in French under title: Protéger la démocratie canadienne |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index |
| Issuing Body |
Co-published by: Canadian Centre for Management Development |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Canada. Parliament. Senate.
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Canada. Parliament. Senate -- Reform
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| SUBJECT |
Canada. Parliament. Senate fast |
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Kanada Parliament gnd |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Legislative bodies -- Reform
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Reform
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Joyal, Serge, 1945-
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Canadian Centre for Management Development.
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| ISBN |
9780773571341 |
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0773571345 |
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9786612861383 |
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661286138X |
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1282861387 |
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9781282861381 |
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