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	Inside Canada's Parliament - The Institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Canadians elect a Member of the House of Commons to represent their constituency (also known as a riding). The candidate with the most votes is awarded a seat in the House of Commons and serves for the life of the Parliament (a maximum term of five years). Members may then seek re-election.
		The Parliament of Canada Act entrusts the financial management of the House of Commons to the Board of Internal Economy (BOIE). The Board is composed of 11 Members of the House of Commons, chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons, and includes representatives of the governing party and all recognized opposition parties.
		The Prime Minister and Members of Cabinet are accountable to the House of Commons. Ministers answer questions, propose legislation and defend the policies on behalf of their department and the Government against the scrutiny of the opposition parties.
	www.parl.gc.ca /Information/library/inside/institutions-e.htm (903 words)

	Nielsen, Erik Hersholt
		He was minister of public works in the CLARK government 1979-80, deputy Opposition House leader 1980-81 and Opposition House leader 1981-83.
		Brian MULRONEY named him deputy leader of the national PC Party in 1983, deputy prime minister and president of the Privy Council in 1984, and minister of national defence in 1985.
		He became a target of Opposition attacks in the House for his alleged stonewalling tactics and penchant for secrecy and was dropped from Cabinet in June 1986.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005750 (251 words)

	Leader of the Opposition
		In Canada in the House of Commons, the "political party which has the right to be called the 'Official Opposition' is the largest minority group which is prepared, in the event of the resignation of the Government, to assume office.
		By a resolution of the assembly and subsequently by statute, the allowance for the leader of the opposition was divided between all the opposition parties or groups.
		First, it is the practice of the Speaker to recognize the Leader of the Opposition or a member of the "official opposition" first in reply to the Speech from the Throne, the budget address and ministerial statements and in question period.
	www.gov.ns.ca /legislature/legc/opp_lead.htm (2351 words)

	Canada (03/07)
		Other examples are Canada’s leadership in the creation of the UN-created International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes--which the U.S. opposes due to fundamental flaws in the treaty that leave the ICC vulnerable to exploitation and politically motivated prosecutions--and Canada’s decision in early 2005 not to participate directly in the U.S. missile defense program.
		Canada is a significant source for the United States of marijuana, as well as precursor chemicals and over-the-counter drugs that are used to produce illicit synthetic drugs.
		Canada's importance to the United States is not just a border-state phenomenon: Canada is the leading export market for 39 of the 50 U.S. States, and ranked in the top three for another 8 States.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2089.htm (4126 words)

	March 29
		To respond to the Opposition House Leader’s request for clarification about the allocation of speaking time in Committee of Supply, our practice is that each speaker has ten minutes to speak, except for the minister introducing his or her estimates and the member replying.
		House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in Parliament assembled, the petition of the undersigned residents in the District of Cartwright-L’anse au Clair, humbly sheweth:
		House, regardless of either side, participate in a debate to improve legislation to ensure that the interests for whom the statute is designed, the beneficiaries of the statute, to ensure that those particular interests are protected and preserved.
	www.hoa.gov.nl.ca /hoa/business/04-03-29.htm (17945 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Canada - Elections to the House of Commons
		On November 28, 2005, the House of Commons passed the no-confidence motion by a vote of 171 to 133, and the government was forced to call an early general election - held in January 2006 - in which the Liberals lost to the Conservatives.
		The Parliament of Canada consists of a lower chamber, the House of Commons, whose members are directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a maximum term of five years, and an upper chamber, the Senate, whose members are appointed on a provincial basis and may hold office until they are 75 years of age.
		House seats are allocated among the provinces in proportion to the size of their populations.
	electionresources.org /ca (2310 words)

	CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Parliament: House of Commons: Leader of the Official Opposition
		he Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is the leader of the party with the second greatest number of seats in the House of Commons.
		The opposition is allocated 20 "Opposition Days" or "Supply Days" each calendar year, during which it can propose a motion for debate in the House of Commons and criticize the Government on issues of broad national policy.
		He was sworn in as Leader of the Opposition on May 21, 2002, as the MP for Calgary Southwest.
	www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/loo.html (717 words)

	Canada's House Scraps Terrorism Measures - Examiner.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Opposition leader Stephane Dion receives a standing ovation from some caucus members after voting down a bill to extend the anti-terrorism act, as Deputy leader Michael Ignatieff remains sitting, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday Feb. 27, 2007.
		One of Canada's most contentious anti-terrorism measures was struck down Friday by the Supreme Court, which declared it unconstitutional to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely while the courts review their deportation orders.
		Harper predicted that the opposition Liberals will be defeated in the next election because of their refusal to back the motion seeking to extend the security measures for three years.
	www.examiner.com /a-589928~Canada_s_House_Scraps_Terrorism_Measures.html?cid=rss-World (688 words)

	The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
		The Honourable Official Opposition House Leader asserted that three government ministers were responsible for this action, and that the action superceded the authority of the Legislative Assembly with regard to the broadcast of the proceedings.
		The House of Commons has a broadcasting section that is run for the House by House employees, while in Manitoba the broadcasting of House proceedings is conducted for the Legislative Assembly by staff from Information Services of the Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, with some funding provided by the Legislative Assembly.
		The Honourable Deputy Government House Leader disputed that the Ministers indicated had been involved or had caused the action to take place, and concluded his remarks by moving that the House ask the Honourable Opposition House Leader to withdraw the assertion.
	www.gov.mb.ca /legislature/house_biz/1st-37th/votes_050.html (1945 words)

	May 17
		House to join me in extending congratulations to the Bay Roberts chapter of the CLB on their ninetieth anniversary and thanks to all volunteers involved with the successful operation of this very much community-minded organization.
		Speaker, the Leader of Opposition implies that, because I was outside of the Province, I was not interested in things that were happening in the Province.
		House regarding the schooling situation in Carbonear, from the parents and students out there, and how upset they are over the actions of the present government.
	www.hoa.gov.nl.ca /hoa/business/04-05-17.htm (18574 words)

	CNN.com - Canada's new PM to court U.S. - Dec. 12, 2003
		Canada's new PM to court U.S. Martin becomes new prime minister with a pledge to improve U.S. ties.
		Paul Martin is sworn in as the new prime minister of Canada.
		The multicultural ceremony included a string ensemble's rendition of "O Canada" and a purification ritual in which an elder from one of Canada's Indian nations dusted Martin with an eagle feather.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/12/canada.leader.ap/index.html (792 words)

	Terrace & District Chamber of Commerce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It's a speech John Reynolds (Opposition House Leader) made yesterday in the House of Commons during an emergency debate on the softwood lumber crisis.
		However I submit to the minister and to his government that we have known for a long time that this agreement was going to be up and that we should have started these talks two years ago because, as I mentioned, I have thousands of people in my constituency out of work today.
		Solve it for the people in western Canada and others who are going to lose their jobs across Canada.
	www.kermode.net /chamber/newsdisplay.asp?id=27 (3210 words)

	editorial - Political opinion and review - Politics Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Times are hard for the Liberal Party of Canada, whose voting intentions have dropped by 10 points in Quebec, as it gets caught up in the whirl of revelations made during the Gomery Commission.
		As the Conservative convention flexes its new found freedom to debate controversial issues one of the more daunting tasks facing leader Stephen Harper is finding the means to harmonize the moderate left with its more social conservative factions which are broadly perceived to be extreme.
		The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), on the other hand, seems to be losing touch with centre/core (vis-à-vis the last election).
	www.canadawebpages.com /pc-editorial.asp?Key=1398&editorPrimeKeyword=conservative (1886 words)

	CBC - Canada Votes 2006 - Leaders and Parties
		After Bouchard resigned in late 1995 to become leader of the Parti Québécois and premier of Quebec, Michel Gauthier spent a year as leader, struggling to control an unruly caucus.
		Duceppe became a separatist at the age of 20 in Canada's centennial year, inspired by René Lévesque's founding of the Mouvement souveraineté-association in late 1967.
		In his role as BQ leader, Duceppe is known for his eloquent speeches that take the future independence of Quebec as a given, and for his well-aimed attacks against the government in question period.
	www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/leadersparties/leaders/bio_duceppe.html (921 words)

	Sun.Star Breaking News: Opposition leader in House wants poll body to ensure credible May election results (10:26 a.m.)
		MANILA -- House Minority Leader Francis Escudero is resigned to the fact that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) would not be overhauled before the mid-term elections in May.
		Escudero instead asked the Comelec, led by its chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr., to make the elections results "believable and acceptable to the people" as this would be the only way he and his people could vindicate themselves from numerous accusations that they were part of the massive fraud during the 2004 presidential elections.
		Escudero and other members of the opposition, including detained former President Joseph Estrada have been demanding a total revamp of the Comelec amidst continued allegations that it has something to do with massive cheating in the 2004 presidential elections that put Mrs.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2007/01/05/opposition.leader.in.house.wants.poll.body.to.ensure.credible.may.election.results.(10.26.a.m.).html (293 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| OPINION > Quebec now a ‘nation’ within Canada
		Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in an unprecedented declaration to Parliament he would recognize the country’s francophone Quebec province as a “nation” within Canada.
		The Liberals are holding a leadership convention next week and recognition of Quebec as a nation is expected to be a hot topic, supported by the Quebec wing of the party and leadership frontrunner Michael Ignatieff, while creating a rift within the party.
		Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe, however, was undeterred by Harper’s coup, vowing to continue pressing his own definition of Quebec as nation.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/nov/26/yehey/opinion/20061126opi6.html (756 words)

	Address In The House Of Commons-Adjournment (Canada)
		This is the same day that the House leader of the Bloc Québécois moved a motion to have that debate and that vote and the government turned it down.
		I remind the House that the motion was nonetheless adopted and that the government is duty bound to respect the decisions made by the House of Commons.
		By denying the opposition its opportunity about once a week to choose a topic for debate and vote, the government is trampling upon one of the most basic democratic practices of this House and it is doing it all so it can avoid accountability for corruption.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1413685/posts (4965 words)

	Morning In Canada?
		The House condemns the government for its arrogance in refusing to compromise with the opposition parties over the timing of the next general election and for its "culture of entitlement," corruption, scandal and gross abuse of public funds for political purposes and, consequently, the government no longer has the confidence of the House.
		Canada's three opposition parties have now set in motion an unpopular holiday election campaign to determine if voters share their scorn for the administration.
		The passage of the no-confidence motion was no surprise--the three opposition parties had made it clear prior to tabling the motion that they would support the dissolution of the Commons and the call for new elections.
	www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/425apgbh.asp (611 words)

	Protecting the Traditional Definition of Marriage in Canada
		STEPHEN HARPER, MP Canadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper blasted the government of Canada in the House of Commons for its failure to protect marriage in what is being described as the best speech Harper has ever delivered.
		We on this side of the House say "No." But if the answer were to be "Yes," those who believe traditional marriage should be abolished should be responsible, and argue democratically and openly that it is desirable and socially necessary to do so.
		Stephen Harper, MP is leader of the Alliance Party of Canada and leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons in Ottawa.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/marriage/mf0041.html (2164 words)

	April 1
		Leader of the Opposition that his questions should have very short preambles, a minimum of one sentence, and then we should be having a more rapid exchange across the floor.
		Anstey, that the Leader of the Opposition referred to, we called a news conference on the basis that some numbers that were being presented to the public were actually incorrect.
		Housing starts are expected to decline to about 2,600 units this year with demand for new homes down somewhat from the previous year.
	www.gov.nf.ca /hoa/business/04-04-01.htm (20382 words)

	CNN.com - Vote topples Canadian government - Nov 28, 2005
		Opposition leader Stephen Harper speaks to supporters after the no-confidence vote Monday.
		The leader of the Bloc, Gilles Duceppe, predicted voters in mostly French-speaking Quebec would issue "a judgment, and a very harsh one" on the Liberals in the wake of a corruption scandal that has particularly angered people in the province.
		The Liberals took big losses in the House of Commons in June 2004 amid what was known as the sponsorship scandal, in which government money was paid to advertising firms to shore up support for Canadian unity in French-speaking Quebec.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/americas/11/28/canada.government/index.html (758 words)

	CIC Canada \| Fact Sheet: Government in Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She is represented in Canada by the Governor General, who must sign all federal laws.
		The leader of a municipal government is usually known as a mayor.
		The Supreme Court of Canada is Canada’s highest court.
	www.cic.gc.ca /english/newcomer/fact_06e.html (1203 words)

	CIC Canada \| A Look at Canada
		A member of the House of Commons represents everyone who lives in his or her electoral district, even the people who did not vote for him or her.
		Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency of Parliament responsible for conducting federal elections and referendums.
		The opposition party with the most members of the House of Commons is the official opposition.
	www.cic.gc.ca /english/citizen/look/look-16e.html (1383 words)

	Canada Parties
		Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister with Special Responsibility for Literacy 1993-97.
		She was Prime Minister of Canada June-December 1993 but resigned as party-leader after her party lost the elections.
		She was leader of NDP in Nova Scotia 1980-93 (b.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /canada_parties.htm (592 words)

	FOXNews.com - Canada's Government Toppled - U.S. & World
		Canada's three opposition parties, which control a majority in Parliament, voted against Martin's government, claiming his Liberal Party no longer has the moral authority to lead the nation.
		Opposition leaders last week called for the no-confidence vote after Martin rejected their demands to dissolve Parliament in January and hold early elections in February.
		Canada's Conservatives, by contrast, are seen as much more receptive to improving relations with Washington, though a majority of Canadians opposed the war in Iraq and the policies of President Bush.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,176952,00.html (1242 words)

	Don't Cry for Canada
		Canada, the theory went, was a social democracy with a sane foreign policy and humane values that offered a genuine alternative to the right-wing hegemony that the U.S. was about to experience.
		As shorthand for the election results that saw Canada's Conservative party outpoll the governing Liberal Party for the first time since Ronald Reagan served in the White House, those headlines may be useful.
		All of Canada's major opposition parties ran anti-corruption campaigns, and the first promise of the Conservatives was not a rightward shift in public policies, but rather the restoration of honest and accountable government.
	www.thenation.com /blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=53019 (1791 words)

	Random House \| Books \| American Empire: The Victorious Opposition by Harry Turtledove
		Jake Featherston, leader of the ruling Freedom Party, has won power—and is taking his country and the world to the edge of an abyss.
		The Victorious Opposition is a drama of leaders and followers, spies and traitors, lovers and soldiers.
		From California to Canada, from combat on the high seas to the secret meetings where former slaves plot a desperate strategy for survival, Harry Turtledove has created a human portrait of a world in upheaval.
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl/9780345444240.html (418 words)

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