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A selection of recent publications relating to parliamentary studies prepared with the assistance of the Library of Parliament (March 2020-May 2020)

Defty, Andrew. "From committees of parliamentarians to parliamentary committees: comparing intelligence oversight reform in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK." Intelligence and National Security 35 (3), 2020: 367-84.

* Some form of legislative oversight of intelligence has become the norm in most democratic states. The near universal acceptance of the need for democratic oversight does not, however, mark the end of a process of intelligence accountability. In many states, following a period of establishment and then consolidation, intelligence oversight mechanisms have begun to evolve as oversight committees have sought extra powers and developed new roles. This article examines reforms in parliamentary intelligence oversight committees in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK, focusing on the form, mandate, membership, powers and resources of the committees as well as their engagement with other parliamentary actors.

Feldman, Charlie. "Preliminary observations on parliamentary and judicial use of Charter Statements." Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law / Revue de droit parlementaire et politique, May/mai 2020: 587.

* Parliamentarians now have access to Charter-related information for every government bill introduced in Parliament because of a new statutory obligation recently enacted by Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act. This enactment enshrined in law a recent practice whereby 'Charter statements' --information on the Charter effects of a bill were voluntarily tabled in Parliament by the government for certain legislative proposals. Bill C-51 received Royal Assent in December 2018 and its Charter statement obligation applies to bills introduced in or presented to either

House of Parliament by a minister or other representative of the Crown...