Carleton University PSCI2003 @psci2003

As a follow-up to today's lecture on Indigenous Peoples and reconciliation, here is a piece about ongoing efforts by the Blood Tribe to recover land that it believes was promised in historical treaties cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Today we're talking about Indigenous Peoples and reconciliation. Reconciliation is not something that has been achieved, but a long-term process. One step will be the settlement for those who attended Indigenous Day Schools theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

For our last class we're looking at Canada's relationship with Indigenous Peoples. In a small but important step, Parliament agreed last week to allow Indigenous languages to be used in parliamentary debates theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

Yesterday we talked about the challenge of ensuring accountability for arms' length government bodies in #CDNpoli. While we may want politicians to direct the police more closely, this investigation into a Liberal MP shows why they also need autonomy theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

As we get ready to look at the executive, here's a great @globepolitics piece on the organizational style of the @JustinTrudeau cabinet and the people who make it work theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/…

The Prime Ministers of #CDNpoli from my lecture for @psci2003. To quote @sesamestreet "One of these things is not like the others. Which one is different? Do you know?"

As we get ready to (finally) look at the Senate this week, here's a helpful piece from @IRPP reviewing the changes made so far and prospects for the future policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/nove…

As we'll see this week, one of the four major functions of Parliament is scrutiny. The Senate is especially good at conducting details reports into government operations, such as this study of Canada's prisons hilltimes.com/2018/11/14/dam…

A follow up from our weeks on federalism, the constitution, and the courts: the Supreme Court has upheld new legislation that would create a new national securities regulator using an opt-in model with substantial provincial control #CDNpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

In two weeks we'll be talking about the #CDNpoli Parliament. Here's one challenge MPs face: determining what to do when their parties adopt positions that their constituents dislike nationalnewswatch.com/2018/11/05/dai…

As a follow-up to this week's discussion of nomination races - including different tactics to shape the outcome - here is a detailed piece describing one person's run for the #CPC nomination in a riding close to Ottawa nationalpost.com/opinion/the-po…

In September we talked about responsible government and the need to keep the "confidence" of the legislature. Today in #NBpoli is a perfect example: the Liberal gov. lost a confidence vote, and the Lt. Governor will likely ask the opposition to take over cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

We'll be discussing #CDNpoli federal-provincial relations again in our week on policy in November. In the mean-time, here's a look at the pending court challenge by the gov of Saskatchewan to the federal carbon tax ipolitics.ca/2018/10/19/sas…

Last class we talked about #CDNpoli's election laws. While not changing how we vote (the electoral system), Parliament is debating a 245 page law changing how elections are run to (hopefully) improve equality and block foreign interference hilltimes.com/2018/10/24/lib…

As a follow-up to our discussion of Electoral reform, the city of London makes history for adopting ranked ballots in its municipal election #CDNpoli lfpress.com/news/local-new…

As a look ahead to our weeks on Parliament and the executive, here's a fascinating piece on the situation unfolding in New Brunswick, where no party has a majority, and no one is running for Speaker cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Last week we discussed how the adoption of the Charter of Rights has led to the judicialization of politics. Here is a perfect example, with a marijuana entrepreneur pledging funds for a court challenge to the gov'ts pot possession laws cbc.ca/news/politics/…

And as a follow-up to our discussion of the constitution and the role of the courts in #CDNpoli, here is a piece looking at the impact of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on the government's duty to consult with Indigenous Peoples when drafting legislation macleans.ca/opinion/the-su…

As a follow-up to yesterday's discussion of election in #CDNpoli, here is the @HistoricaCanada article on the expansion of voting rights over time, with more details than we had time for thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fra…

And as a follow-up to our discussion of federalism, polling data still finds that Western Canadians are more attached to their provincial or regional identities than their national identity #CDNpoli globalnews.ca/news/4524787/w…