Conference Proceedings
Studies of Provincial and Territorial
Legislatures
Parliamentary Perspectives
Books
Publications from 1977-1996
Corporate Documents
The CSPG produces written records of issues debated and papers presented at annual conferences and seminars held in Ottawa and across Canada. Some of our conference proceedings have become books.
- Address by C.E.S. Franks at our March 26, 2010 Spring Seminar on the Role of the Governor General
- 2007 Conference - “Parliament, Technology and Citizens” - Report
- 2006 Conference - “Whom Do You Trust? The Growing Relationship between Legislative Assembly Officers and Citizens” - Report
- Luncheon Address by Dr. Paul G. Thomas during the CSPG December 9, 2006 Conference
- 2005 Conference “All Politics is Local: The Constituency Dimension of Federal Politics” - Report
- 2005 Conference “Canada: A Democratic Audit” - Report
- Luncheon Address by Hugh Segal during the CSPG March 11, 2005 Conference
- Remarks by James R. Mitchell during the September 29, 2004 Orientation session for new Members of Parliament
- 2004 Conference proceedings - “Electoral Reform and its Parliamentary Consequences”
- 2004 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association – remarks by David Smith
- 1999 Conference proceedings – “The Eclipse of Parliament? The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics”
- 1998 Conference proceedings – “Taking Stock of 150 Years of Responsible Government in Canada”
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1997 Conference proceedings – “Party Caucuses: Behind Closed Doors”
Launched in 1998, “Parliamentary Perspectives” is a series of occasional papers on Canada's legislative institutions, processes and related issues. This publication is intended to serve as a vehicle for distributing both studies prepared by academics and the reflections of others who have a particular interest in these issues.
- Bruce Hicks, “Bilingualism and the Canadian House of Commons 40 Years after B and B”, 2007
- Dr. Donald Desserud, “The Confidence Convention under the Canadian Parliamentary System”, 2006
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Dr. André Blais, “Electoral System Reform:
What are the options?”, 2004 - Jonathan Malloy, “The ‘Responsible Government Approach’ and Its Effect on Canadian Legislative Studies”, November 2002
- Christine de Clercy, “The Requisites of Leadership in the Modern House of Commons”, November 2001
- Bill Cross, “Members of Parliament, Voters and Democracy in the Canadian House of Commons”, October 2000
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David Docherty,
“It's Awfully Crowded in Here: Adjusting to the Five Party House of
Commons”, October 1998
Intro / Text / Bibliography - Paul Thomas, “Party Caucuses: Behind Closed Doors”, May 1998
The CSPG often publishes edited volumes bringing together academic papers presented at its conferences.
The most recent book published by the CSPG is based on its 2000 conference:
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F.
Leslie Seidle and David C. Docherty,
eds.,
“Reforming Parliamentary Democracy”, 2003.
Copies for $29.95 are available by contacting McGill-Queen's University Press www.mqup.ca
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F. Leslie
Seidle and Louis Massicotte, eds., “Taking Stock
of 150 Years of Responsible Government in Canada”, 1999.
Copies for $20 are available by contacting the CSPG.
1977-1996
The list below includes all publications produced from 1977 to 1996. Many of these documents are available electronically, and the links for these are posted. To obtain print copies of those documents not available online, please contact the CSPG.
- “Interactive Government: Sorting Out the Fads and Fundamentals”, November 1-2, 1996
- “Direct Democracy: We Have the Technology”, May 25, 1996
- “Parliaments in the Eye of the Information Storm: Citizen Consultation and Public Service Accountability”, November 3-4, 1995
- “The Parliamentary Precinct: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, June 8, 1995
- “The Election and Parliament: What Voters Sought, What Voters Got”, October 27-28, 1994
- “The Role of Clerks in the Parliamentary System”, (An address given by Sir Clifford Boulton, Clerk of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom), September 26, 1994
- “Accommodating Mechanisms of Direct Democracy in the Parliamentary System”, June 12, 1994
- “Parliamentary Reform: Making It Work”, May 13, 1994
- “Comparing Legislatures”, November 5-6, 1993
- “Party Discipline: Should it be loosened?” June 8, 1993
- “Reforming Electoral Democracy / Responses to the Lortie Royal Commission”, May 31, 1992
- “Accountability, Committees and Parliament”, May 19, 1993
- “Year 7: A Review of the McGrath Committee Report”, December 2, 1992
- “Canadian Constitutionalism: 1791-1991”, November 1-2, 1991
- “Parliament, Parties and Regionalism”, June 14, 1991
- “Public Attitudes about Parliament”, June 2, 1991
- “Future of Canadian Federalism”, November 9-10, 1990
- “Reform of Electoral Campaigns”, March 23-24, 1990
- “Responsible Government”, October 27-28, 1989
- “Single-Issue Groups: Their Impact on Nominations, Candidates and Members of Parliament”, June 1, 1989
- “Interest Groups and Parliament”, April 12-13, 1989
- “Research and Information for Parliamentarians”, October 24-25, 1988
- “Putting the Charter of Rights to Work”, March 14-15, 1988
- “Can Deficits Destroy Parliament? Privatization: the Experience in Ottawa and Quebec City; the White Paper on Tax Reform”, November 4-5, 1987
- “Liberating the Private Member”, October 20-21, 1986
- “Confidence: The British House of Commons and the Ontario Legislature” and “Lobbying: Will Registration of Lobbyists Work?” March 20-21, 1986
- “House of Commons Reform and Parliament's Proposed
Scrutiny of Appointments”, March 7, 1985 - “Parliament and Foreign Affairs”, April 30-May 2, 1984
- “House of Commons Representation and Senate Reform”, October 13, 1983
- “Reform of Parliament: Toward National Policies and National Consensus”, June 6, 1983
- “Whips and Discipline”, March 18, 1983
- “The Work of the Special Committee on Standing Orders and Procedure”, November 5, 1982
- “The Future of the House of Commons and Parliament and
Accountability”, May 6-7, 1982 - “First Ministers' Conferences”, May 30, 1981
- “The Constitutional Resolution and Legislative Authority in Canada”, January 9-10, 1981
- “Press and Parliament: Adversaries or Accomplices?” April 18-19, 1980
- “New Parliament, New Government, Old Public Service:
The Changing of the Guard”, October 25, 1979 - “The Senate”, January 26, 1979
- “Accountability to Parliament”, April 7, 1978
- “The Budgetary Process”, November 18, 1977
