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- Constitutional convention

1.065 documents for constitutional convention

- Minority government and constitutional convention.
Four years of minority government have introduced serious strains on Canada's parliamentary institutions. This article suggests what needs to be done ...
- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Vol. 33 Nbr. 2, June 2010
- Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Assn. v. Ontario (Attorney General), [2001] 1 S.C.R. 470, 2001 SCC 15, 2001 SCC 15 (2001)
...Constitutional law -- Education -- Funding -- School boards -- Ri...1997, c. 31. Constitutional law -- Conventions -- Education -- Funding -- Public school boards --...
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Discretion and the reserve powers of the crown.
... the idea that it would violate constitutional convention for a governor general to ever refuse s...
- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Vol. 34 Nbr. 2, June 2011

- Breakdowns in the democratic process and the law of Canadian democracy.
... Court of Canada upheld the constitutionality of variances from voter equality in Saskatchewan's... of political speech in the European Convention on Human Rights. (53) . Election period regulation...
- McGill Law Journal
- Vol. 57 Nbr. 2, December 2011
- No discretion: on prorogation and the governor general.
...--scrambling to figure out the constitutional role of the governor general. Across the country m...Second, that the constitutional conventions that govern our Westminster system of responsible ...
- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Vol. 34 Nbr. 1, March 2011
- Have Your Say
The Los Angeles Times editorial said that the Obama administration should Stop waffling on Honduras (Nov. 9). In the name of avoiding "a setback for democracy" Honduras is supposed to reinstate deposed President [Zelaya]. Both the U.S. and Honduran governments are accused of dithering. In fact, Zelaya's ouster last summer was entirely democratic. Zelaya had pursued -- in contravention of the constitution of Honduras -- the elimination of strict term limits. The constitution's Article 4 provides that any "infraction" of the succession rules constitutes treason. The Supreme Court of Honduras had Zelaya removed when he illegally imported an "opinion survey" which amounted to a push poll to convene a Constitutional Convention. Zelaya's attempts to change the constitutional term limits had b...
- Winnipeg Free Press
- November 18, 2009
- Conacher v. Canada (Prime Minister), 2009 FC 920 (2009)
... 14, 2008, in accordance with his conventional power. [2] The Applicants have applied for declara...11 (Charter);. c. that a constitutional convention exists that prohibits a Prime Minister ...
- Federal Court
- Democratizing the Constitution, Reforming Responsible Government.
... to the authors, is twofold--constitutional and parliamentary. The constitutional problem is t... their practice of writing down the conventions in a cabinet manual. In our case a collection of p...
- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Vol. 34 Nbr. 3, September 2011
- Canada (Attorney General) v. Pelletier, 2008 FCA 1 (2008)
...Analysis. Existence of a constitutional convention. [18] I deal first with an argument put...
- Federal Court of Appeal
- Byelections Welcomed As Test
There is an old constitutional convention that has always existed where a non-elected minister must present himself before the electorate at the first occasion. It's not the first election, it's the first occasion," said Montreal Liberal MP Jean Lapierre. "Here's a chance for the voters in these ridings to issue an evaluation of the [Stephen Harper] government," NDP Leader Jack Layton said Monday. "Have they taken the country in the right direction on Afghanistan? The answer is no. Are they taking the right tack on the environment? Obviously not ... I think these will be the kinds of tests and the kinds of questions on the minds of voters, and I think it's a good thing that there's a byelection so that we can see that evaluation right now.
- Winnipeg Free Press
- August 12, 2009