Peter Russell
‘Contempt for parliamentary democracy’
Constitutional scholar Peter Russell condemns Dalton McGuinty’s prorogation.
Honouring a parliamentarian
Dan Gardner suggests a fitting tribute to Jack Layton would be the completion of a guiding document for our democracy.
The reserve power
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.
Hypotheticals (II)
Peter Russell lays out the options.
‘This is a scary election for Peter Russell’
The constitutional expert is worried about this election.
‘There’s so much cuckoo around this’
The Canadian Press checks Mr. Harper’s understanding of the constitution.
A guide to democracy
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.
Contempt and consent
Dan Gardner talks to Peter Russell and considers what this election will mean for the future of Parliament.
Idea alert
Brian Topp figures it’s time we figure out what the rules of our parliamentary democracy are.
Another piece of the puzzle
Peter Russell discloses another consideration within Rideau Hall that December day.
‘She was not a clerk’
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.
The Internet generation comes to Ottawa
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.