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Nobody’s home
Tim Harper notes the eerie silence around the nation’s legislatures.
The absentee B.C. legislature
Why we should be worried about a government that sits for only 19 days in a full calendar year
Running away from the legislature
Peter Loewen condemns Dalton McGuinty’s use of prorogation.
Our troubled House
The New Democrats have called a news conference for 10:30am this morning to outline their “plan for ensuring a full study of the Conservative’s omnibus budget bill.” Thomas Mulcair mused this weekend of both “parliamentary” and “legal” options, while environmental groups are planning a national ad campaign.
Power, Parliament and the Prime Minister
Donner winners Mark Jarvis and Lori Turnbull argue that the Prime Minister has become too powerful.
In praise of democracy
Last night in Toronto, the Donner Prize for the best public policy book in Canada was awarded to Democratizing the Constitution by Mark Jarvis, Lori Turnbull and the late Peter Aucoin. Mark graciously adapted some of the book’s proposals for a contribution to our series on the House last year.
Saving the House of Commons (II)
Further to this, Mark Jarvis chimes in via email with some of the other ideas discussed in Democratizing the Constitution.
At the prime minister’s whim
Amid speculation that the Prime Minister might prorogue Parliament, Lori Turnbull advocates for the reforms she, Mark Jarvis and Peter Aucoin laid out in Democratizing the Constitution.
In defence of partisanship
iPolitics publishes an excerpt from Democratizing the Constitution.