Category Archives: Parliament

Suspending The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Posted on 2018/04/05 by J.W.J. Bowden

New Brunswick provides an interesting case study in novel interpretations of how parliamentary government works and now in matters of the separation of powers between the executive and legislature. Liberal Premier Brian Gallant recently announced that he, as Liberal leader, … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick’s Legislative Assembly Needs to Do Better

Posted on 2017/10/27 by J.W.J. Bowden

Public Records Must Be Freely Available  I discovered by attempting to research New Brunswick’s fixed-date election law that the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick has not uploaded its Debates, Journals, or committee transcripts online. All the other provincial and territorial … Continue reading →

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Senator Meredith Must Trigger Section 30 in Order to Resign

Posted on 2017/05/10 by J.W.J. Bowden

Senator Meredith has announced his intent to resign his place in the Senate rather than go down in history as the first Senator to be expelled, rather than disqualified, from the upper chamber — rather like how Richard Nixon resigned the … Continue reading →

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The Senate Acknowledges That It Could Expel Meredith

Posted on 2017/05/09 by J.W.J. Bowden

Will the Senate Now Exercise Its Authority? The Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflicts of Interest for Senators issued its report on the investigation into Senator Meredith on 2 May 2017.[1] Essentially, the report argues that the Senate possesses the … Continue reading →

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Historical Resources on the Proceedings of the House of Commons and Senate

Posted on 2017/04/22 by J.W.J. Bowden

Recently, two excellent historical resources on the proceedings of the Parliament of Canada have become readily available online. Many of you would join me in finding them useful and interesting.

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