Tag: Senate
Canada has the power to get Trans Mountain done, Newman tells Senate Committee
On May 8, MLI Munk Senior Fellow Dwight Newman appeared before a Senate committee to discuss the constitutional issues around ...
Independent Senate could halt rush to ill-advised electoral reform: Stanley Hartt in Inside Policy
The newly independent Senate’s handling of assisted dying was fairly successful. But where does this unaccustomed independence go next? The ...
Media availability: Senate report on dismantling internal trade barriers endorses MLI’s recommendations
Brian Lee Crowley and Sean Speer available to comment on why MLI’s thought leadership on breaking down internal trade barriers ...
Event review: Hartt, Kheiriddin face off on whether the Senate should be abolished in the Great Canadian Debates
The Senate: An anachronistic body that shields itself at every turn from the will of the people, or an institution ...
Should the Senate be abolished? No: Stanley Hartt in the National Post on GCD #1
Canada’s Senate cannot be abolished, says Stanley Hartt in the National Post. Therefore, it must be saved. Hartt will argue ...
Should the Senate be abolished? Yes: Tasha Kheiriddin in the National Post on GCD #1
The time for tinkering with the Senate is past, writes Tasha Kheiriddin in the National Post. Canada’s upper chamber needs ...
First Great Canadian Debate of 2015-16: Should the Senate be abolished?
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s series returns on Nov. 19 with a look at the future of Canada’s Upper Chamber OTTAWA, November, ...
Don’t eliminate the Senate – fix it: Crowley in the Post
Canadians are right to be frustrated with the latest news of Senators abusing public funds, but that shouldn’t blind us to ...
Cameras in the Senate won’t bring honour to national debate: Crowley in Postmedia papers
Writing in Postmedia papers, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley dampens any expectations that the addition of cameras in the ...
MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley in Postmedia papers: Abolition of the Senate would be a grievous blow to the constitutional order.
In his latest column, appearing in the Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald and other Postmedia papers, Mr. Crowley writes that "every ...
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