Category Archives: Constitutional Conventions

“In Vogue to Prorogue?” CBC’s At-Issue Panel on Prorogation

Posted on 2012/10/20 by J.W.J. Bowden

On 18 October 2012, Peter Mansbridge, Andrew Coyne, Chantal Hebert, and Bruce Anderson discussed McGuinty’s prorogation on CBC’s At-Issue Panel, from about 7 minutes to 10 minutes in the video. The panellists also discussed the Harper government’s second omnibus budget … Continue reading →

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McGuinty Has Every Right to Prorogue

Posted on 2012/10/17 by J.W.J. Bowden

Column in the Ottawa Citizen In our ongoing scholarship on the prerogative power of prorogation, Nick MacDonald and I submitted a column to the Ottawa Citizen defending the constitutionality and political legitimacy of McGuinty’s tactical prorogation. This study compares McGuinty’s … Continue reading →

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“Writing the Unwritten: The Officialization of Constitutional Convention in Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia.”

Posted on 2012/09/26 by J.W.J. Bowden

                The Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law has released volume 6, issue 2 of August 2012, which contains six articles on constitutional conventions by the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, Hugo Cyr, Andrew … Continue reading →

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Jack Layton and the Prime Minister’s Prerogative to Offer State Funerals

Posted on 2012/09/03 by J.W.J. Bowden

Patrick Baud and I co-authored a column in iPolitics, which you can read here:  “Jack Layton and the Prime Minister’s Prerogative to Offer State Funerals.” Similar Posts: The Ceremonial and Protocol Handbook of the Government of Canada Commons Committee on … Continue reading →

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Quebec Does Not Love Coalitions

Posted on 2012/09/02 by J.W.J. Bowden

As the election campaign in Quebec comes down to the wire, many journalists have mused on the possible outcomes, which now center on either a majority PQ government, or a minority PQ government, or a minority CAQ government. Pauline Marois … Continue reading →

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