Category Archives: Parliamentary Privilege

Shocking Intelligence Leads to the Expulsion of a Traitorous Communist MP from the House of Commons

Posted on 2023/03/29 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction Startling revelations that foreign adversaries saw Canada a weak link in the Western alliance rippled through Ottawa after secret intelligence came to light implicating a sitting member of the House of Commons as a double agent who violated the … Continue reading →

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Stripping Disgraced Former Senators of their Honorific Title

Posted on 2022/12/07 by J.W.J. Bowden

The Saga of Former Senator Don Meredith Haunts Us Still Don Meredith resigned as a Senator from Ontario in May 2017 before the Senate could expel him outright on the recommendation of the Second Report of the Standing Committee on … Continue reading →

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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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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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