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| ARTICLES RELATED TO The Honourable | | | |  The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Conservative Party of Canada - AftermathTwo months after Harper's election as national Tory leader, Liberal Party of Canada leader and Prime Minister Paul Martin called a general election for June 28, 2004. However, in the interim between the formation of the new party and the selection of its new leader, factional infighting and investigations into the Sponsorship Scandal reduced the popularity of the governing Liberal Party. This allowed the Conservatives to be more prepared for the race, unlike the 2000 federal election where few predicted the early October election call. For the first time since the 1993 federal election, a Liberal gover ...
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Conservative Party of Canada - 2004 election campaign team National Campaign Co-Chairs:
Michael Fortier
John Reynolds
Provincial Campaign Co-Chairs:
British Columbia - Ed Odishaw, Bob Ransford
Alberta - Deb Grey, Rod Love
Saskatchewan - Rich Gabruch, Ian Shields
Manitoba - Ed Agnew, Eric Stefenson
Ontario - John Baird, Susan McArthur
Quebec - Michel Rivard, Claude Thibeault
New Brunswick - Richard Bell, Louis-Philippe McGraw, Elsie Wayne
Nova Scotia - Heather Foley Melvin, Steve Greene, Ro ...
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| | | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Canadian Senate - Current composition As of December 28, 2005.
*Self-designation by Senator Lillian Dyck. The New Democratic Party opposes appointments to the Senate and does not recognize Senator Dyck as a representative of the NDP or as a member of its parliamentary caucus.
**When the Progressive Conservative Party merged with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada in 2004, all but three Progressive Conservative Senators became Conservative Senators. Two additional Senato ...
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Canadian Senate - Legislative functions Although legislation may be introduced in either House, most bills originate in the House of Commons. Because the Senate's schedule for debate is more flexible than that of the House of Commons, the government will sometimes introduce particularly complex legislation in the Senate, first. For the stages through which the legislation passes in Parliament, see Act of Parliament.
In conformity with the British model, the upper house is not permitted to originate bills imposing taxes or appropriating public funds. This restriction on the ...
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Canadian Senate - Relationship with the Government Unlike the House of Commons, the Senate does not control the term of the prime minister or of the government. Only the Commons may force the prime minister to resign or call elections by passing a motion of no-confidence or by withdrawing supply. Thus, the Senate's oversight of the government is limited.
Most Cabinet ministers are from the House of Commons, rather than the Senate. In particular, every prime minister has been a member of the House of Commons since 1896. Typically, the Cabinet includes only one Senator: the Leader of th ...
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Maurice Richard - Honours In 1999, the Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy was donated by the Montreal Canadiens hockey club to the NHL to be awarded annually to the goal-scoring leader during the regular season.
Although long retired by the time of his death in 2000, an estimated 115,000 people of all ages paid their respects while his body lay in state at the Montreal Canadiens' Molson Centre. He was given a state funeral broadcast live across Canada, the first time such an honour was accorded an athlete. Among those who attended were Gordie Howe and Jean Belive ...
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| | | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - David Peterson - Liberal leader Peterson was not initially regarded as a strong challenger to the Progressive Conservative government of Bill Davis. The Liberals lost two seats in late 1984 by-elections, and another caucus member defected to the Progressive Conservatives that same year, claiming that Peterson was an ineffective leader. Polling in late 1984 showed Peterson's Liberals in third place, behind the Progressive Conservatives and New Democratic Party.
Peterson's fortunes improved when Davis retired as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in early 19 ...
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - David Peterson - Warning signs Both Peterson and his government were still popular at the beginning of 1990. The end of his career in politics came suddenly, and was the result of several factors.
The first was Peterson's prominent role in creating and promoting the "Meech Lake" constitutional accord. While initially popular, this attempt at revising Canada's constitution proved extremely divisive in most of English-speaking Canada. Many believed that it gave too many concessions to Quebec, while others believed that it weakened the federal government's authority i ...
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Conservative Party of Canada - Aftermath Two months after Harper's election as national Tory leader, Liberal Party of Canada leader and Prime Minister Paul Martin called a general election for June 28, 2004. However, in the interim between the formation of the new party and the selection of its new leader, factional infighting and investigations into the Sponsorship Scandal reduced the popularity of the governing Liberal Party. This allowed the Conservatives to be more prepared for the race, unlike the 2000 federal election where few predicted the early October election call. For the first time since the 1993 federal election, a Liberal gover ...
See also:Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party of Canada - Background, Conservative Party of Canada - Principles and policies, Conservative Party of Canada - Leadership election, Conservative Party of Canada - Controversy, Conservative Party of Canada - Aftermath, Conservative Party of Canada - Party leaders, Conservative Party of Canada - Election Results 2004-2006, Conservative Party of Canada - Provincial parties Read more here: » Conservative Party of Canada: Encyclopedia II - Conservative Party of Canada - Aftermath |
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Conservative Party of Canada - Controversy The merger process was controversial. David Orchard had a written agreement from Peter MacKay at the 2003 Progressive Conservative Leadership convention excluding any such merger and led an unsuccessful legal challenge to it. Orchard (under the PC party leadership election rules) is still owed at least $70,000 by the newly merged Conservative Party. This debt has been recognized as legitimate by the Conservative Party lawyers; however, its reimbursement is on hold pending ...
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Conservative Party of Canada - Principles and policies Being right-of-centre on the political spectrum both fiscally and socially, the CPC generally favours lower taxes, smaller government, more decentralization of powers to the provinces modelled after the Meech Lake Accord, a tougher stand on "law and order" issues and more spending on the military, and harmonizing standards and regulation with the United States. It is also opposed to the legalization of cannabis and has announced plans to revisit the issue of same-sex marriage by having another vote on the issue in the House, which they say w ...
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| | | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - David Peterson - Defeat The election of 1990 began with the Liberals holding at 50% popular support, and a 54% approval rating for Peterson. However, his luck turned immediately upon calling the election. Disappointed by high expectations, groups representing several interests (such as teachers, doctors, and environmentalists), came out against Peterson on television, radio, in print, and at Liberal campaign events. The public regarded the election call as cynical, and the party appeared desperate when they unexpectedly proposed to cut the provinci ...
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| | | | | | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - George Drew - Premier of Ontario In the 1943 provincial election, the Tories, now called the "Progressive Conservatives", won a minority government, narrowly beating the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Ted Jolliffe. (Jolliffe and Drew had attended the same high school in Guelph, Ontario, the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute).
Drew won by responding to the mood of the times, and running on a relatively left-wing platform, promising such radical reforms as free dental care and universal health care. While his government did not ...
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| | | | | The Honourable: Encyclopedia II - Edwina Mountbatten Countess Mountbatten of Burma - Affairs It is said that Lady Mountbatten enjoyed the sexual company of intelligent non-British men. Lady Mountbatten successfully sued for defamation in respect of a purported affair with Paul Robeson, the African-American actor and lawyer. It is reliably assumed that she had an ongoing affair with Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, which continued until her death, her daughters having confirmed this.
It is assumed that both Lady and Lord Mountbatten had an open relationship, numerous affairs of both Lord and Lady Mountbatte ...
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