Category Archives: Crown (Powers and Office)

PROC Sentences the Retroactive Prorogation Rationale to a Quiet Bureaucratic Death

Posted on 2020/11/30 by J.W.J. Bowden

Sometimes I forgot to follow up on these developments right away, and the obscura and minutia on which I normally focus here on Parliamentum usually goes unreported in the press, too. The House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and … Continue reading →

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The Trudeau Government’s Retroactive Prorogation Rationale Under Standing Order 32(7)

Posted on 2020/10/29 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction In my previous post, I recounted how the House of Commons had added in Standing Order 32(7) in June 2017, on the initiative of the Trudeau government and its parliamentary majority at the time, which now obliges the government … Continue reading →

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Justin Trudeau Has Made Prorogation Great Again

Posted on 2020/10/27 by J.W.J. Bowden

Update: The Government House Leader tabled the Retroactive Prorogation Rationale in the House of Commons on 28 October. Introduction On 19 August 2020, the exigencies of a minority parliament and global pandemic brought about the first prorogation of the Parliament … Continue reading →

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An Outbreak of Snap Election Fever During a Pandemic

Posted on 2020/05/28 by J.W.J. Bowden

Whenever Canadian journalists get bored or run out of other things on which to write, they often engage in idle speculation about snap elections. This time John Ivison of The National Post became Patient Zero in this latest strain of … Continue reading →

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The Fixed-Date Election Law Forced Saskatchewan’s Upcoming Pandemic Election

Posted on 2020/05/17 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction Brian Pallister’s unnecessary early election last year – done ostensibly to prevent an election from occurring during the celebrations of Manitoba’s sesquicentennial in 2020 and to avoid accusations that his government would short-circuit rules against advertising to benefit the … Continue reading →

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