Tag Archives: Senate

Royal Succession: Canada gets down to business; UK awaits third reading

Posted on March 18, 2013 by pp549

Canada The Senate of Canada has now sent the Succession to the Throne Bill to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs – during second reading only two speeches were made; one by the Leader of the Government … Continue reading →

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The facts about Canadian Conservatives’ love of time allocation

Posted on July 29, 2012 by pp549

Since the last election gave Stephen Harper a majority, his government has acquired a reputation for being trigger-happy with restricting debate by imposing time allocation, closure and putting the question. These all mean very different things. Time Allocation is the … Continue reading →

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Pre-study in action: Nothing to see here

Posted on June 21, 2012 by pp549

No, literally. In a post back in May I thought I would try to see how pre-study recommendations were followed up by the government and . So far so good. Only… there’s no report. From any of the committees. Yes, … Continue reading →

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Financial procedure in the Australian parliament

Posted on April 16, 2012 by pp549

Part of a series of posts on financial procedure: British Parliament Federal Canadian Parliament Australian Commonwealth Parliament New Zealand Parliament The commonwealth parliament of Australia is different to the other two countries we have looked at so far because it … Continue reading →

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Financial procedure in the Canadian parliament

Posted on April 15, 2012 by pp549

Part of a series of posts on financial procedure: British Parliament Federal Canadian Parliament Australian Commonwealth Parliament New Zealand Parliament In Canada, the federal budget was unveiled a few weeks ago. But financial procedure in Canada isn’t very clear or … Continue reading →

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