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... of the governor general's reserve power over time, and the fundamental differences between dissoluti...Across the country many questions were posed, but they were answered without a thoro... election occurs, and the composition of the House of Commons and the government remain intact. Most ... eventually the people and their representatives will deal with those who have proffered the advice...
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.... On that question, it is my view, and it is a view that I believe is... has lost the formal confidence of the House of Commons. But aside from that they believe that ... the judgment of the House for a very long time. They argue that we need have no fear that a gover... disagreement whenever the Crown's representatives in Canada use their judgment in deciding how to ex...
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...(h) provides for an extension of time for income tax assessments that are consequential ... the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:. SHORT TI... that it controls, and the representatives and the employees of each, may or may not enter, a... participate in the meeting to answer questions from the public. 373. (1) The portion of subsectio...
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... for the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to recommend changes to the Standing Order... of the House, (ii) lengthening the amount of time given for each question and each answer, (iii) exa.... The House of Representatives standing orders allow the prime minister to termin...
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...At the first stage, the question is whether the facts disclose a relationship of pr... prospect of success is a valuable housekeeping measure essential to effective and fair litigation... promotes litigation efficiency, reducing time and cost. The litigants can focus on serious claim... had been made to its agents by representatives of the appellants that Canada might in future be l...
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... would now be able to elect 15 representatives to the lower house, the House of Assembly, by publ... of Assembly presents an interesting question: when democracy is first achieved but there is not...At the time Newfoundland politicians were preoccupied with add...
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... of self-dealing by elected representatives hints that the Court was grappling with how to und... the disapproval of voters during election time by designing rules to favour themselves and to dis...Gore. (35) They have also questioned what democratic theory lies behind the political c...-interested election laws to be passed by a House of Commons composed of representatives who general...
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... long as regulation of the activities in question remains dependent on the will of the federal gover...Canada. House of Commons. Evidence of the Standing Committee on ...I conclude that it does. [2] Since time immemorial, human beings have been conceived natur... amendments, Health Canada representatives explained that such an approach would not be desir...
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The Harper government claims that it is keen to develop a strong policy towards Latin America. Yet it is a flawed approach, supporting US policy at a time when it is at its lowest point in decades, while ignoring both a clear leftward swing of elected Latin American governments in the last five years and the significant importance of Cuba in the region. This paper examines the Harper government's approach to Cuba. Following some general comments on the evolution of Canadian policy towards revolutionary Cuba, it examines some of the errors in the Harper approach, suggests an explanation for the approach employed, and makes suggestions about policies that Ottawa should consider to improve relations. In sports terms, Cuba "punches above its weight"-a fact which is known widely in Latin Ame...
... the perspective of the Bush White House in its general foreign policy thrust, most clearly... the isolation of Washington on the Cuba question, and these massive changes in Latin American reali... the mandates of special UN representatives to investigate the human rights situation in Cuba ...
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... out of the atmosphere, can calm a stormy house, and facilitate the restoring of parliament to its... duties gets lost in the heat of question period and in the cut and thrust of debate. There ... where a Canadian Speaker, in these later times, has ever been influenced in his conduct in the ch...He served in House of Representatives from 1947 to 1978. . (6.) Quoted in Andrews, op.ci...