Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis

Published by University of Toronto Press 2009

Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis

Edited by: Peter H. Russell and Lorne Sossin

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686007

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About this book

With a foreword by former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis brings together journalists, political scientists, and leading constitutional experts to analyse the parliamentary crisis of November 2008 and to discuss the nature of Canada's democracy.

Author / Editor information

Russell Peter H. :

Peter H. Russell is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto.
Sossin Lorne :

Lorne Sossin is Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Peter H. Russell and Lorne Sossin Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
PART ONE. The Events and Their Background
1. The ‘Crisis’: A Narrative Michael Valpy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. A Crisis Not Made in a Day Gary Levy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
PART TWO. The Governor General’s Decision to Prorogue
3. To Prorogue or Not to Prorogue: Did the Governor General Make the Right Decision? C.E.S. (Ned) Franks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. The Governor General’s Suspension of Parliament: Duty Done or a Perilous Precedent? Andrew Heard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
5. Prime Minister Harper’s Parliamentary ‘Time Out’: A Constitutional Revolution in the Making? Lorraine E. Weinrib Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
PART THREE. Constitutional Conventions
6. Why the Governor General Matters Brian Slattery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
7. When Silence Isn’t Golden: Constitutional Conventions, Constitutional Culture, and the Governor General Lorne Sossin and Adam Dodek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
8. Of Representation, Democracy, and Legal Principles: Thinking about the Impensé Jean Leclair and Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
PART FOUR. Coalitions and Parliamentary Government
9. Coalition Government: When It Happens, How It Works Lawrence Leduc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
10. Learning to Live with Minority Parliaments Peter H. Russell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
11. The Coalition That Wasn’t: A Lost Reform Opportunity Graham White Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
PART FIVE. Tensions in Canada’s Democratic Culture
12. Western Canada and the ‘Illegitimacy’ of the Liberal-NDP Coalition Government Grace Skogstad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
13. Parliamentary Democracy versus Faux Populist Democracy Jennifer Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
14. Ultimately, the System Worked David R. Cameron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224

eBook

Published: April 15, 2016
ISBN: 9781442686007