I keep updating my paper on the procedural implications of a one seat majority government in the House of Commons. BC keeps generating more precedents: sometimes in line with convention, sometimes not so much.
BC Speaker votes for budget #cdnpoli
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Regarding the frequency of amendments depending on whether there was a difference between majority control of both chambers, he found there wasn't a substantive difference. Although that finding should be viewed in the larger historical context and is from a different era than today.
Although in a much earlier book "the Senate of Canada" by George Ross notes that the frequency of amendments during majority control of both chambers didn't result in a complete absence of amendments but the Commons amended more Senate bills proportionally between 1867 and 1913!
The academic thesis to explain the fallows is that the Senate's influence shifted towards internal caucus discussions given the majority party control of both chambers.
The converse is the spike of amendments after a change in government to a different party.
If my memory is accurate, the Tories had an outright majority in the Senate by July 2010, combined with the majority in the House of Commons in 2011 would be the basis for the lack of amendments.
I have a graph of a similar fallow during the end of the King / St Laurent era, I need to find it.
Dang it
I am relieved to learn there is no shootout for the gold medal hockey game. Simply sudden death 3 on 3 for 20 minute periods.
For the benefit of all of New Brunswick. Probably a good idea to have some type of meal if looking to drink at 6 am.
The above is for NB.
Ontario has this extreme discretionary power for "events of significance". Also Upper Canada has regulations governing the sale of liquor on "large quadricycles"
All you have to do is find a watering hole that offers full meal service and you could already be enjoying a beverage at 6 am.
Due to the Hockey game, I wonder which places in New Brunswick are presently offering full meal service this morning to be able to serve liquor starting at 6 am. Otherwise service starts at 9 am.
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My comments are based on my undergraduate thesis related to New Brunswick's experience in relation to the Speakers casting vote and the Bernard Lord's 1 seat majority government from 2003-2006.
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With the CPC floor crossing & if the Liberals win all 3 by-elections, they would have a 1 seat majority government.
The Speaker is limited on how they vote: only if there is a tie and they follow certain practices to preserve the status quo.
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That is my count as well Brian. If the Liberals win all 3 by elections they would have their 1 seat majority government (which has significant limitations on how the Speaker votes)
Excellent.
I hope that the Supreme Court does eventually provide a written decision for their bench ruling. I would expect it to follow their prior rulings when an irregularity materially affects the results of an election.
With the Terrebonne election being annulled, Tatiana Auguste ceases to be the MP. The process for a by election only commences once the Speaker of the House of Commons is informed of the Vacancy by the Supreme Court of Canada. #cdnlaw #cdnpoli
The big Potato's uncle?
When I am back home, I will put it on my list of things to go to the New Brunswick Provincial Archives for.
Federally, the double (triple?) counting would make the Meighen / King Seesaw of Premierships somewhat silly.
For some reason NB counts multiple ministries as being multiple premierships. I don't know if any other jurisdiction does.
I thank CBC PEI for updating the article.
Constitutional Note: Premier Lantz is the 34th Premier of Prince Edward Island not the 36th Premier. In PEI, premiers who have multiple ministries are not double counted.
Premiers Stewart & Lea had non consecutive ministries and were only counted once. #peipoli #cdnlaw
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I wish I was home in Fredericton right now as it is a balmy -31c with windchill as opposed to Ottawa-Gatineau which is -37c with windchill 🥶
My interview with CBC PEI Island Morning on the constitutional issues surrounding potentially 4 PEI Premiers in less than one year. #peipoli #cdncrown
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I will be appearing on CBC Island Morning tomorrow at 7 15 Atlantic to talk about what it means, constitutionally speaking, for Prince Edward Island to have potentially 4 different premiers and 4 governments in roughly a year. #peipoli #cdnlaw
Pre 1947 Canada Gazette doesn't force you to choose!
At what point below zero does it become no longer useful to run an above ground heat pump and exclusively rely on secondary heating like electric baseboard?
Part I, II, or III?
