Politics of cooperation: redeeming private members’ bills
OTTAWA—In his mandate letters to Cabinet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau writes that his “will be a government that governs for all Canadians.” This altruistic notion is rightly included and any government, regardless of political stripe, will always need to navigate the tension between satisfying their electoral base and the rest of the electorate. But when […]
Canadian Mint to celebrate 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote with $1 coin
A Royal Canadian Mint proposal for a historic commemorative dollar coin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Canada appears to have been on the drawing boards for at least nine months before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet authorized its production soon after taking office last November. Up until that time—until […]
New year, new way to petition Parliament
In December House of Commons officials debuted a new website and a new way to petition Parliamentarians, thanks to the NDP MP Kennedy Stewart private member’s motion to have the House adopt a system allowing Canadians to electronically submit petitions that have at least 500 signatures. The e-petition system compliments the existing paper-based system, but […]
