Monthly Archives: March 2021

An Unlawfully Long Writ Rewards the Incumbent and Will Be Allowed to Stand

Posted on 2021/03/30 by J.W.J. Bowden

Elections Newfoundland & Labrador announced the results of the ill-begotten election on Saturday at 1030 Eastern Daylight Time. The Liberals have won a bare majority of 22 out of 40 seats in the House of Assembly, where the Furey government … Continue reading →

Posted in Crown (Powers and Office), Dissolution, Fixed-Date Elections, Reform | 2 Comments

The Over-Zealous Caretakers of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2021

Posted on 2021/03/26 by J.W.J. Bowden

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Caretaker Guidelines from 2019 A few weeks ago, I received a report from one of my readers that some departments of the government of Newfoundland and Labrador have decided not to answer questions from journalists on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Caretaker Convention & Government Formation, Constitutional Conventions | 1 Comment

Gerontocracy in the United States vs the Rise of Generation X in Canada

Posted on 2021/03/20 by J.W.J. Bowden

Since the fall of 2019, I have read a series of articles in mid-brow American news magazines lamenting that a crop of aging politicians born in the 1940s, these Soixante-Huitards and the tailend of the Silent Generation, maintain their deathgrip … Continue reading →

Posted in Comparative, Parliamentarism v Presidentialism | 2 Comments

Picking Up the Shards of the Office of Governor General: A New Advisory Committee Created

Posted on 2021/03/15 by J.W.J. Bowden

Posted in Crown (Powers and Office), Governor General | 2 Comments

Following Up on the Office of Governor General: Documents Not Gazetted

Posted on 2021/03/11 by J.W.J. Bowden

Even without catchy buzzphrases like “deliverology” and “Open Government,” the Government of Canada published more official documents in the mid-20th century than it does today simply out of a sense of common decency and an understanding that liberal-democratic countries must … Continue reading →

Posted in Crown (Powers and Office), Governor General | 1 Comment