Emond Montgomery
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From  Introduction: A Fundamental Democratic Problem |
Overview of the authors’ argument that Canadian democracy has been undermined by the excess of power of the prime minister over the operations of the House of Commons. | Mark Jarvis; Peter Aucoin | 28 | 2011 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Investigating PluralityFrom: The Politics of Voting |
Outline of the workings of the current plurality voting system and exploration of its implications for voters, parties and the political system in support of an argument that it is not defensible. | Dennis Pilon | 23 | 2007 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Is Race Political?From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
2008 article by Debra Thompson arguing that race is a social and political construction, but that it is largely neglected by political science scholarship. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
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From Judges and the Charter RevolutionFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Excerpt of a 2000 book by F.L. Morton and Rainer Knopff, The Charter Revolution and the Court Party, arguing that the Supreme Court of Canada has redesigned itself from a constitutional … | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
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From Letting the People Decide: When Elections Aren’t Enough |
Discussion of the role of elections as one factor contributing to responsible government in a parliamentary democracy. | Peter Aucoin | 47 | 2011 | $4.70 Add |
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From  Attorney General of Ontario v. Attorney General of Canada (Local Prohibition Case), 1896 |
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled that the federal power to enact laws for the peace, order and good government of Canada ought to be strictly confined to such matters as are … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Local Governing and Local Democracy in British Columbia |
Analysis of the development of local democracy and local governing in BC and prospects for reform. | Kevin Ginnell; Matthew Black; Patrick Smith | 22 | 2009 | $2.20 Add |
 NEW! Local Government in PracticeCases in Governance, Planning and Policy |
Local Government in Practice: Cases in Governance, Planning, and Policy equips students to effectively deal with contemporary challenges within local government. Through a series of … | Zachary Spicer | 330 | 2020 | View |
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From  M. v. H., 1999 |
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada struck down a provision of the Ontario Family Law Act whose definition of "spouse" excluded same-sex couples on the ground that it breached … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
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From R. v. Kapp, 2008 |
The Supreme Court of Canada held that communal fishing licences granted to aboriginal organizations did not violate the equality rights of non-aboriginal commercial fishers who were excluded from … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 10 | 2017 | $1.00 Add |
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From Mahe v. Alberta, 1990 |
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously held that the numbers of minority language students in Edmonton warranted granting the parents of those students management and control over minority … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia, 2003 |
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a trial judge who ordered the provincial government to use its best efforts to build French-language school facilities by given dates and then … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 |
The Supreme Court of Canada set out a test for establishing aboriginal title and determined what rights it confers plus what the Crown’s duties are. | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 10 | 2017 | $1.00 Add |
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From Memory, Identity, and Diversity in BC |
Analysis of historical injustices against persons of Asian and Aboriginal descent in BC, leading to an assessment of the current situation. | Matt James | 15 | 2009 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Mental Illness and Personality Disorders |
James Pardy | 35 | 2019 | $3.50 Add | |
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From Morgentaler v. The Queen, 1988 |
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada, for various reasons in three opinions, struck down provisions of the Criminal Code making it an offence to procure a miscarriage. The dissenting opinion … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 13 | 2017 | $1.30 Add |
