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Our scandalous Senate / J. Patrick Boyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyer, J. Patrick, author.
- Series:
- Point of View
- Point of View ; v.1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption--Canada.
- Political corruption.
- Scandals--Canada.
- Scandals.
- Legislators--Canada.
- Legislators.
- Canada. Parliament. Senate--Corrupt practices.
- Canada.
- Canada. Parliament. Senate--Reform.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (531 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rocked by extremely public scandals at the highest levels of power, the Canadian Senate is an institution on the defensive. As the upper chamber starts to look more and more like a comfortable private club for has-beens, the real scandal is that the Senate exists at all.
- Contents:
- Preface: We Don't Have $37 Million and Two Years
- 1. Anatomy of a Scandal
- 2. Taking a Risk with Celebrity Senators
- 3. Senators in Free-Float
- 4. The Elements of Scandal Combine
- 5. Ignition
- 6. The Booster Rocket Kicks In
- 7. Senate Scandal Liftoff
- 8. Scandal Hollows Out Canada's Senate
- 9. A Relic Lost in Orbit
- 10. An Improbable Institution
- 11. A Prime Minister's Handmaid
- 12. The End of Regional Representation
- 13. Thinking Twice About Sober Second Thought 14. Conflicting Mandates and Partisan Deadlock
- 15. Getting Serious About Senate Reform
- 16. Backward Turned Backward
- 17. An Elected Senate, Even Worse
- 18. Crazy Senate Scrambles
- 19. The Puzzle of Stephen Harper
- 20. Clear Choice Faces Canadians.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781459723672
- 1459723678
- OCLC:
- 887633800
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