I have been thinking about what a non-political from of representative government might look like and whether it could be considered democratic or not. One model came to mind, a…
I have been thinking about what a non-political from of representative government might look like and whether it could be considered democratic or not. One model came to mind, a…
Does anyone recall the Reform Party of Canada’s campaign starting in the late 1980s to impose on our country a “Triple-E Senate” – that is to say elected, effective, and,…
The Senatorial Selection Act, the law that governs Alberta’s unique Senate nominee elections, expires on Dec. 31, 2016. With the current session of the Legislature expected to end at the…
If Meech Lake had passed, the Senate would have been reformed. Ken Whyte writes that Peter Lougheed understood just how radically the Red Chamber would have been transformed: Mr. Lougheed…
In the wake of the Duffy affair, Errol Mendes writes, the Senate has begun reforming itself:The Senate to which Mr. Duffy returns is, in a multitude of ways, much different…
Earlier this week, Stephen Harper basically tried to make Senate Reform in Canada the province’s problem to sort out. More or less, he said that he wasn’t going to appoint…
Earlier this week, Stephen Harper basically tried to make Senate Reform in Canada the province's problem to sort out. More or less, he said that he wasn't going to appoint…
Earlier this week, Stephen Harper basically tried to make Senate Reform in Canada the province’s problem to sort out. More or less, he said that he wasn’t going to appoint…
Heading into an election and with the three major federal parties within five or six points of each other in the opinion polls, the Prime Minister has decided that this…
The National Post‘s John Ivison makes a good living floating trial balloons and framing announcements on behalf of The Harper Government, so his offering Thursday night certainly got the attention…
The National Post's John Ivison makes a good living floating trial balloons and framing announcements on behalf of The Harper Government, so his offering Thursday night certainly got the attention…
Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall thinks that making the senate an elected institution that better reflects Canadians is too hard. Rather than reform the senate, Wall wants to get rid of…
Harper has taken a surprising number of losing cases to the Supreme Court of Canada. Most, if not all, were obviously places where the government’s position is one that is…
If I didn’t know better, I’d swear that Harper doesn’t know how to read a legal decision. Yesterday, in Question Period, Harper said the following: “The Supreme Court has ruled…
In a withering assessment of Stephen Harper, that is the conclusion Andrew Coyne seems to draw in his National Post column: We are so heavily invested, we media types, in…
As those of you who follow politics in Canada know, the Supreme Court of Canada told Stephen Harper on Friday that if he wanted to either reform (7 provinces/50% of…
Golly. I don't know who looked more more beaten or more pathetic today, Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre. It was too close to call.But what is certain is that both…
It wouldn’t be surprising if Prime Minister Harper was in a bit of a funk over the Supreme Court’s decision on the Senate this week. The Court unanimously rejected his…
