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Category Archives: Senate Reform
Toronto Newspaper Attacks the Undemocratic Centralization of Power in the Prime Minister
In “The Power of the Prime Minister”, the editorial board of the Toronto News rails against the undemocratic centralization of power in the Prime Minister, the ineffectiveness of the appointed Senate, and called for more “checks and balances” in our … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Books, Documentaries, Crown (Powers and Office), Prime Minister's Powers, Reform, Reviews and Critiques, Senate Reform
Tagged Democratizing the Constitution, Eugene Forsey, F.W.G. Benemy, iPolitics, Manual of Official Procedure of the Government of Canada, Peter Russell, Robert Macgregor Dawson, Romanticism, Sir John George Bourinot
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The Harper Government’s Senate Reform Bill (C-7) and Its Implications on Crown Prerogative and Responsible Government
Introduction Since the 39th Parliament, the Harper government has tried and failed to pass bills that would limit the tenure of Senators to somewhere between 8 and 12 years and provide a legislative framework for provincial senatorial elections along the … Continue reading
The History of Senate Reform, 1867 to 1913
I reviewed the political philosophical debate on the merits of the elective versus appointive upper house, and the elective Legislative Council in the earlier post. We’re all generally familiar with the modern proposals for Senate Reform (post-1980), essentially the “Triple-E … Continue reading
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From Leader to Laggard in Elective Upper Houses: Canada’s Elective Legislative Council, 1856-1867
Introduction Most Canadians are probably unaware that for a brief period in our history, the upper house in the United Province of Canada (called a Legislative Council) was making the transition from an appointive chamber to an elective one, between … Continue reading
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Senate Reform and Responsible Government
The discussion and debate over the reform of the Senate of Canada into an elected chamber has dominated the opinion sections of Canadian newspapers and the academic journals of Canadian political science since the late 1970s when the Trudeau government … Continue reading
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