The Life of the Canadian Parliament
Venue
Practice Suite (1.12, first floor), Chrystal Macmillan BuildingMedia
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Description
Compared with other Westminster-style democracies, Canada is often considered to have the most centralized system with more power centred on an overly-powerful prime minister. The Canadian legislative process is often depicted as particularly toothless.
In this paper, part of an ongoing funded project, Ian Brodie shows the ways in which the Canadian Parliament does constrain the government’s and in particular the prime minister’s powers.
Biography
Ian Brodie is professor of political science at the University of Calgary, Canada. His work focuses on cabinet and the House of Commons.
He was previously chief of staff to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2005-2008 and the first Executive Director of Canada’s Conservative Party prior to that. Since then, he has taken on various roles with that Party, including chairing its leadership election of 2022.
He started his academic career at the University of Western Ontario in 1997 and is the author of At the Centre of Government, 2017, McGill Queens Press.
Key speakers
- Ian Brodie, Professor of Poltiical Science, University of Calgary
Partner institutions
- Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh