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Your Canada, Your Constitution Denies the Statute of Westminster and Patriation
Introduction Your Canada, Your Constitution (YCYC) has published the second of what may become a series of installments derived from the unscientific, inaccurate push poll that Harris-Decima conducted...
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Toronto Newspaper Attacks the Undemocratic Centralization of Power in the...
I’d like to thank James Anderson and National News Watch for having published my column on putting the current parliamentary scandals into historical perspective. “The Power of the Prime Minister” In...
View ArticleOn Collective Ministerial Responsibility and Impeachment
Introduction: Ian Brodie’s Article in The Dorchester Review Ian Brodie, one of Stephen Harper’s former chiefs of staff who served him both as Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition and as Prime...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on National Parks in Canada and the United States
I just overdosed on pseudo-profound American exceptionalism and Tocqueville-inspired democracy babble in this preview for Ken Burns’s PBS documentary on America’s national parks. I thoroughly enjoyed...
View ArticleA Review of the Play 1979 and Joe Clark’s Legacy
Structure and Overview of 1979 On 28 April 2017, I saw 1979, a play written by the capable Michael Healey about the events leading to the defeat of Joe Clark’s short-lived ministry. The play took place...
View ArticleConstitutional Conventions in the United States: Some Thoughts on Jonathan...
Introduction As of 2021, I have been writing scholarly journal articles and blogging here on Parliamentum for ten years. What I find most interesting is seeing how my earlier works have influenced or...
View ArticleReview of Gee & Webber’s “What Is a Political Constitution?” and Some More...
Constitutional Norms in the United States vs Constitutional Conventions in Canada I’ve been mulling overGould’s article “Codifying Constitutional Norms” (in the United States) and about constitutional...
View ArticleBarry K. Wilson’s Biography on Sir Mackenzie Bowell
If Canada maintained a list of mediocre prime ministers, Sir Mackenzie Bowell would surely round out the top five along with Sir John Abbot, Sir John Thompson, Kim Campbell, and Joe Clark. Our second...
View ArticleHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee
The sixth of February 2022 marked the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty’s accession to the throne and thus the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen of Canada. Elizabeth II has become the first Sovereign to...
View ArticleCabinet Manuals As Prime Minister’s Manuals: Review of “The Prime Minister’s...
Nicholas Barry, Narelle Miragliotta, and Zim Nwokora have followed up on their work from 2018 “The Dynamics of Constitutional Conventions in Westminster Democracies” with an article on cabinet manuals...
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