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Showing posts with label Charter of Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charter of Rights. Show all posts
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
The Speaker's Ruling and Why Canadians cannot afford a Majority Harper Government
0 comments Posted by 2011 at 18:37 |
| Speaker Milliken |
Today the Speaker of our Parliament tabled his ruling on the issue of whether the Harper government had thumbed its nose at Parliament by refusing to table documents requested by a Committee of the House, and by not providing reasons for such refusal for the Committee to consider.
This is the essence of the Speaker's ruling:
LIKE IT? CLICK HERE TO READ MORE"However, there is no doubt that an order to produce documents is not being fully complied with, and this is a serious matter that goes to the
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Congratulations to Elizabeth May and a Call for Action to Messrs. Ignatieff & Layton
0 comments Posted by 2011 at 09:38 |
| Hat tip from Leonard Cohen |
Hat tip to drivingtheporcelianbus for bringing the latest on the court challenge to our antiquated first-past-the-post system to our attention.
Elizabeth May is to be congratulated for walking the talk of democratic reform by intervening in the court challenge to our election system:
Elizabeth May is to be congratulated for walking the talk of democratic reform by intervening in the court challenge to our election system:
Elizabeth May will be an intervenor in a court challenge arguing that the first-past-the-post electoral system contravenes the fairness required by Section Three of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Fair Vote Canada has also been granted intervenor status in the case. Spearheaded by L'Association pour la revendication des droits démocratiques (ARDD), a Quebec democratic rights group, the case (Gibb v. Quebec's Attorney General and Quebec's Director General of Elections) is currently being heard in the Quebec Court of Appeal, and is expected to go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Today's latest news on the fight by Canadian women for equality in the Olympics:
"Female ski jumpers have lost their battle to compete at the Vancouver Olympics in February.
The Supreme Court of Canada announced Tuesday it will not hear an appeal by the athletes. The top court, as usual, gave no reasons for its decision.
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