Protecting Canadian democracy : the Senate you never knew / edited by Serge Joyal.
2003
JL155 .P768 2003eb
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Title
Protecting Canadian democracy : the Senate you never knew / edited by Serge Joyal.
ISBN
9780773571341 (electronic bk.)
0773571345 (electronic bk.)
9786612861383
661286138X
1282861387
9781282861381
0773525939
9780773525931
0773526196
9780773526198
0773571345 (electronic bk.)
9786612861383
661286138X
1282861387
9781282861381
0773525939
9780773525931
0773526196
9780773526198
Imprint
Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (xxviii, 371 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
JL155 .P768 2003eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)180704164
Summary
In recent years Canada's Senate, Parliament's chamber of sober second thought, has often been the subject of controversy and calls for reform. Protecting Canadian Democracy examines the history, role, and evolution of the Senate; places it in the context of other federal systems; and contrasts its role with that of provincial governments. Contributors analyse the Senate's use of its legislative powers, comparing it with the House of Commons, and assess the Senate's contribution to public policy development and review, showing how the upper chamber functions as a forum within Parliament for the representation of Canada's diverse regional, linguistic, cultural, and socio-economic interests.
Note
Issued also in French under title: Protéger la démocratie canadienne.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface / Jocelyne Bourgon
Foreward / Michael Pitfield
Introduction / Serge Johal
Bicameralism and Canada's founders: the origins of the Canadian Senate / Janet Ajzenstat
Forty years of not reforming the Senate
taking stock / jack Stilborn
Bicamerlaism in Federal Parliamentary systems / Ronald Watts
Senate reform: back to basics / Gil Remillard, with the collaboration of Andrew Turner
Which criticisms are founded? / Lowell Murray
The Canadian Senate in modern times / C.E.s. Franks
Comparing the lawmaking roles of the Senate and the House of Commons / Paul Thomas
The improvement of the Senate by nonconstitutional means / David Smith
Conclusion: the Senate as the embodiment of the federal principles / Serge Joyal
Appendix / Jonathan Nagle.
Foreward / Michael Pitfield
Introduction / Serge Johal
Bicameralism and Canada's founders: the origins of the Canadian Senate / Janet Ajzenstat
Forty years of not reforming the Senate
taking stock / jack Stilborn
Bicamerlaism in Federal Parliamentary systems / Ronald Watts
Senate reform: back to basics / Gil Remillard, with the collaboration of Andrew Turner
Which criticisms are founded? / Lowell Murray
The Canadian Senate in modern times / C.E.s. Franks
Comparing the lawmaking roles of the Senate and the House of Commons / Paul Thomas
The improvement of the Senate by nonconstitutional means / David Smith
Conclusion: the Senate as the embodiment of the federal principles / Serge Joyal
Appendix / Jonathan Nagle.
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text file
Issuing Body Note
Co-published by: Canadian Centre for Management Development.
Source of Description
Print version record.
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Series
CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Protecting Canadian democracy. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003
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