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  North America Continents Facts | 4 Corners Club
Of the Senate's eight members, five are chosen by the prime minister, two by the leader of the opposition, and one by the governor general on the advice of the Belize Advisory Council.
The Senate is the Upper House and consists of 11 members appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition.
Senators are appointed by the Prime Minister, and the parliamentary Leader of the Opposition.
www.4cornersclub.com /adventure_trips/north_america/continent_facts   (9335 words)

  
  Politics of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canadian politicians were unable to obtain consensus on a process for amending the constitution until 1982.
Currently the Senate is limited to 104 members, who are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister to serve until age 75.
Because the Canadian Conservative party was new, estimates were attempted based on the votes for the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance party as the Conservative Party of Canada was a merger of the two parties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Canada   (3926 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Politics of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In practice, the position usually goes to the leader of the strongest political party in the Commons which usually has most of the seats in the lower house and forms a majority government.
But, constitutionally, any adult Canadian is eligible for the jobs, and prime ministers have held office after being elected leader but before taking a seat in the Commons (John Turner, for example), or after being defeated in their constituencies.
To avoid non-confidence voting, strong party discipline has long been an established fact of life in the Canadian parliament, in which members of a party, especially members of the ruling party, are strongly urged always to vote the "party line" or face consequences, up to expulsion from the party's caucus.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Politics_of_Canada   (5488 words)

  
 Waging the seal war
Fourth, Canada is signatory to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and, as such, must guarantee the diversity of living species and harvest its resources in a sustainable manner.
In a paper published in 2005 by the HSUS, “Public Morality and the Canadian Seal Hunt,” Reverend Andrew Linzay wrote, “to point to economic advantage is insufficient as a moral justification.
Using the emotionally charged image of the whitecoat seal - emotion being the opposite of reason - when it hasn’t been hunted since 1987, is part of this strategy of manipulating environmental discourse for the purposes of a moralizing ideology.
www.maninnature.com /MMammals/Seals/Seals1l.html   (852 words)

  
 CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Parliament: Senate: Leader of the Opposition
The duty of the Official Opposition and other opposition parties is to "oppose," criticizing government policies and suggesting improvements, and presenting an alternative to the current Government's policy agenda.
The opposition is allocated 20 "Opposition Days" or "Supply Days" each calendar year, during which it can propose a motion for debate in the Senate and criticize the Government on issues of broad national policy.
A member of the Canadian Bar and the Quebec Bar, she is also the recipient of distinctions that include a Commemorative Medal marking the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, and Salon de la Femme’s "Woman of the Year in Politics" award in 1984.
www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/senate_loo.html   (654 words)

  
 Senate of Canada Committee on Human Rights - Examine and Report on Canada's implemnentation of the UN Convention on the ...
The Canadian Children's Rights Council believes that a truthful complete review of the rights of Canadian children would be embarrassing to the government of Canada.
Interestingly, the issue of the lack of enforcement of Canadian children's rights is fast becoming the focus of the hearings.
It is the opinion of the Canadian Children's Rights Council that such unlimited amounts of "child support" (the Canadian record is approximately $70,000 per month tax free) undermine the authority of the support paying parent and have little to do with child support.
www.canadiancrc.com /Senate_hearings_child_rights_38th/Senate_hr_child_rights_38th.htm   (1165 words)

  
 CanadaInfo: For More Information: Site Map
Former Leaders of the Opposition in the Senate
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Former Leaders of the Government in the House of Commons
www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/for_more_information/sitemap.html   (113 words)

  
 Christianity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
At the turn of the 21st century, though secular society tends to consider the more accommodating liberals as the representatives and spokesmen of Christianity, the "mainline" liberal churches are shrinking.
It was only by dint of sheer determination that John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was able to remain an Anglican priest against intense opposition.
Some of these groups are the Jehovah's Witnesses who have a different theological understanding of Jesus, God and the Bible; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who believe that in 1829 God restored the apostolic priesthood to their leader Joseph Smith, Jr.
christianity.ask.dyndns.dk   (5128 words)

  
 Canadian Conservatives Appoint a "Svend Robinson" as Senate Opposition Leader
Canadian Conservatives Appoint a "Svend Robinson" as Senate Opposition Leader
The appointment is being seen as a "slap in the face" to small 'c' conservative members of the party recently created from a merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties.
During the C-250 debate Kinsella was said to be responsible for the fast-tracked navigation of the bill through the Senate.
www.lifesite.net /ldn/2004/sep/04092301.html   (446 words)

  
 Politics Watch ® News Services
The Canadian government's legislative plans for the next week are a mystery after the opposition Liberals boycotted their weekly question to Government House leader Peter Van Loan.
Asserting Canada's role in the world and mapping the Arctic seabed are among the promises in Canada's Conservative government's throne speech.
A group representing Canadian newspapers said the Conservative government needs to change the Access to Information Act to provide the Information Commissioner more "teeth" and resources.
www.politicswatch.com /index2.html   (1591 words)

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