Democratic deficit

Canadian Parliamentary Review - Vol. 27 Nbr. 2, June 2004

Removing the virtual right of first ministers to demand dissolution: electoral reform, minority government, and the democratic deficit.

... At a time when most Canadian governments are addressing the so-called "democratic deficit", (1) a deficit that is partly due to a ...... has not yet been addressed in the agenda of democratic reform that is now in fashion in several ...

Winnipeg Free Press - May 14, 2006

Chomsky Indicts Bush, Failed States

..., or to maintain functioning (not merely formal) democratic institutions." Chomsky warns specifically of a "...

Supreme Court of Canada - April 10, 2008

Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.P.E., [2004] 3 S.C.R. 381, 2004 SCC 66, 2004 SCC 66 (2004)

... The government adopted other severe measures to reduce the Province's deficit, including a freeze on wage scales for public ...... The justification was that the government's budgetary deficit had unexpectedly ballooned to the point where ...

Supreme Court of Canada - April 10, 2008

Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Assn. v. Ontario (Attorney General), [2001] 1 S.C.R. 470, 2001 SCC 15, 2001 SCC 15 (2001)

... affairs of a board if the board has a fiscal year deficit, or fails to make certain payments, or if the ...... -- In many countries, education issues are matters of public policy, to be decided by democratic debate. In Canada, we are in the rather unusual ...

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice - Vol. 47 Nbr. 1, January 2005

The governance deficit: reflections on the future of public and private policing in Canada.

... not only in Canada but also in many other liberal democratic jurisdictions. What they clearly imply is not ...... important implications of this growth for the democratic governance of policing and the civil rights of ...

University of New Brunswick Law Journal - Nbr. 58, January 2008

Judicial appointment, democratic aspirations, and the culture of accountability.

... As one study put it, judicial appointments in Canada suffer from a "democratic deficit". (6) In this study, I am interested ...... process reflects (or fails to reflect) our democratic aspirations. The judges who governments appoint, ...