Provincial paramountcy is a curious 1st year constitutional law topic to put in a referendum. Old Age Pensions is an example of an existing provincial paramountcy over federal law.
Aaron Wherry@aaronwherry.bsky.social · last wk.A third constitutional question has flipped to "no."
I return to my contention that the real benefit of Canadian federalism is that at any given moment there's always one province whose political situation can provide entertainment for everyone else.
17 Independents in the BC Legislative Assembly must proportionally set a modern day record. The tally keeps changing by the hour. #bcpoli
The suspension of the excise fuel tax and the misalignment between valid policy objectives and constitutional law. Read my substack below 👇 #cdnpoli #cdnlaw
Tax Changes by Press Release
The suspension of the excise fuel tax and the misalignment between valid policy objectives and constitutional law.
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The suspension of the excise fuel tax and the misalignment between valid policy objectives and constitutional law. Read my substack below 👇 #cdnpoli #cdnlaw
Tax Changes by Press Release
The suspension of the excise fuel tax and the misalignment between valid policy objectives and constitutional law.
lyleskinner.substack.com
🏮One Seat Majority Government alert in Newfoundland & Labrador🏮 #nlpoli #cdnpoli With an independent Speaker in the Chair, the government has a bare majority. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Keith Russell announces split from PC party; will sit as an independent | CBC News
Progressive Conservative MHA for Lake Melville Keith Russell announced Monday he is crossing the floor and will sit as an independent member rather than with Newfoundland and Labrador's PC government.
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The irony of course is if the courts grant an injunction and require election documents to be sent out in English and in French, there is no mechanism for the notwithstanding clause to be invoked as the National Assembly is dissolved.
CTV News Montreal@ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social · 2mo agoVoters in Quebec will be receiving their information documents in French only this election, according to Elections Quebec.
New Brunswick 511 refers to Lake Ontario as "Lake America". Granted NB is nowhere near the Great Lakes, 511 appears to use the same Google Maps servers as its basemap. #nbpoli
As part of the vetting process, as the LG is appointed by the Governor in Council (on the recommendation by the Prime Minister), my guess is that it would be based on the standard for being functionally bilingual in federal second language exams. If you can't pass the test, you get screened out.
Rob Hoadley@robhoadley.bsky.social · 5mo agoReading through the judgment, a person must be able to understand and communicate in both languages to be the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Who now sets the standard for whether a person can understand and communicate effectively in both languages to become the LG?
This application for judicial review is unlikely to be successful. The laws regarding an MP's sessional allowance are quite clear and Parliamentary Privilege means it is up to the House of Commons itself not the individual MP to grant an exception. #cdnpoli #nbpoli #cdnlaw
Jacques Poitras@poitrasj.bsky.social · 5mo agoConservative MP Mike Dawson has filed an application for judicial review in Federal Court, trying to force the House of Commons to let him refuse an $8,800 pay raise. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Oh no the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly website is offline.
In the Archives, I came across the Government of Canada's complete legal record surrounding the appointment of 4 or 8 additional Senators per s.26 of the Constitution Act, 1867. This is a letter to the Governor General from PCO and includes communication with the Queen's Private Secretary #cdnpoli
Mes commentaires fait à Acadie Nouvelle sur les raisons pour lesquelles l'interdiction des feux de forêt au Nouveau-Brunswick diffère de celle de la Nouvelle-Écosse #nbpoli Forêts fermées en N.-É. jugées «déraisonnables»: quel impact pour le N.-B.? www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2...
Forêts fermées en N.-É. jugées «déraisonnables»: quel impact pour le N.-B.?
La Cour suprême de Nouvelle-Écosse a jugé «déraisonnable» l’interdiction de pénétrer dans les forêts de cette province l’été dernier, une mesure visant à
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In 2006, after a government MLA quit caucus altering the balance of power in the New Brunswick Assembly, the opposition proposed changing committee composition to reflect the new minority government. #nbpoli
Parliament Hill has its own micro climate with a wall of fog between West Block and Confederation.
With 5 polls reporting in Terrebonne, there is a 1 vote difference between the Bloc and Liberals.
New article discussing the history of the Speaker's casting vote and a BC precedent that creates a procedural loophole which may influence how a Canadian Speaker votes in the Commons. #cdnpoli #nbpoli #bcpoli #cdnlaw open.substack.com/pub/lyleskin...
A one seat majority government and the Speaker's casting vote: Governing by a thread
A lack of clear precedent for how a Canadian House of Commons Speaker should vote at 3rd reading of bills and a procedural loophole for declared matters of confidence
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New article discussing the history of the Speaker's casting vote and a BC precedent that creates a procedural loophole which may influence how a Canadian Speaker votes in the Commons. #cdnpoli #nbpoli #bcpoli #cdnlaw open.substack.com/pub/lyleskin...
A one seat majority government and the Speaker's casting vote: Governing by a thread
A lack of clear precedent for how a Canadian House of Commons Speaker should vote at 3rd reading of bills and a procedural loophole for declared matters of confidence
open.substack.com
Irving Oil has been buying Saudi crude since the company’s Saint John refinery opened in 1960. Now that relationship is in jeopardy: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
War disrupts Irving Oil’s longtime Saudi crude supply | CBC News
New Brunswick-based Irving Oil is looking for new supply options as the U.S. war on Iran threatens one of its most reliable, and long-standing, sources of crude oil.
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Why New Brunswick can place tolls on the Trans-Canada near Nova Scotia but not Quebec. #nbpoli #tolls #nspoli open.substack.com/pub/lyleskin...
Tolls for thee but not for me: Why the province of New Brunswick can presently place tolls on the Trans-Canada near the Nova Scotia boundary but not Québec.
An agreement with the federal government places a 27 year ban on tolls for certain parts of the Trans-Canada Highway. However, New Brunswick can ask the Government of Canada to waive this provision.
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For reference: section 9 of the New Brunswick Highway Corporation Act provides for the legislative framework for the province to establish a toll highway in the province including a scheme for enforcement. #nbpoli
Watching the New Brunswick Budget Speech on the Assembly's livestream and I can hear presumably cheering / noise from demonstrators outside of the Assembly. This is very loud given that folks are no longer allowed immediately next to the Legislative Assembly chamber windows. #nbpoli