Constitutional scholar Peter Russell condemns Dalton McGuinty’s prorogation.
Dan Gardner suggests a fitting tribute to Jack Layton would be the completion of a guiding document for our democracy.
Earlier this year, Nicholas MacDonald and James Bowden argued that the Governor General has no discretion to refuse a request to prorogue Parliament. In the latest issue of Canadian Parliamentary Review, Peter Russell counters.
Peter Russell lays out the options.
The constitutional expert is worried about this election.
The Canadian Press checks Mr. Harper’s understanding of the constitution.
The Public Policy Forum has released a summary of a roundtable conducted in March to discuss the loosely agreed upon rules by which we govern ourselves. This follows a workshop organized by constitutional scholar Peter Russell in February.
Dan Gardner talks to Peter Russell and considers what this election will mean for the future of Parliament.
Brian Topp figures it’s time we figure out what the rules of our parliamentary democracy are.
Peter Russell discloses another consideration within Rideau Hall that December day.
Peter Russell, a constitutional advisor to Michaelle Jean, says that before she agreed to prorogue Parliament, the Prime Minister committed to return to the House in short order and to do so with a budget that could pass.
According to Christopher White, creator of that Facebook group, he’s been invited to take part alongside professors Peter Russell and Errol Mendes in a Liberal roundtable next month about civic engagement and democracy.