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- Title: Constitutional Conventions and Election Campaigns.
- Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date : January 22, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 238 KB
Description
Parliamentary government is based on a number of important but unwritten constitutional conventions often overlooked both in public debate as well as in academic circles. In the October 1993 general election, the Conservative Government was defeated. Shortly thereafter, a question was raised by the new Liberal Government as to whether the previous administration violated any constitutional convention by signing, just three weeks before the election, an agreement to turn over Terminals 1 and 2 of the Lester B. Pearson International Airport to the private sector. This article provides one view about the general nature of constitutional conventions and discusses the kinds of constraint that face a government in its last days. Another perspective on this issue will be published in the winter issue of the Review. **********