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Protecting Canadian democracy : the Senate you never knew / edited by Serge Joyal.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Parliament. Senate.
- Canada.
- Canada. Parliament. Senate--Reform.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Bicameralism and Canada's Founders: The Origins of the Canadian Senate""; ""2 Forty Years of Not Reforming the Senate: Taking Stock""; ""3 Bicameralism in Federal Parliamentary Systems""; ""4 Senate Reform: Back to Basics""; ""5 Which Criticisms Are Founded?""; ""6 The Canadian Senate in Modern Times""; ""7 Comparing the Lawmaking Roles of the Senate and the House of Commons""; ""8 The Improvement of the Senate by Nonconstitutional Means""; ""Conclusion: The Senate as the Embodiment of the Federal Principle"" ""Appendix""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Issued also in French under title: Proteger la democratie canadienne.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-350) and index.
- Co-published by: Canadian Centre for Management Development.
- ISBN:
- 9786612861383
- 0-7735-7134-5
- 1-282-86138-7
- OCLC:
- 929121778
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