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Government & Democracy

Parliamentary reform platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

  • Allocate more time for debating and voting on Private Members' Business.
  • Introduce new technology or other institutional changes to connect MPs with constituents.
  • Eliminate the use of whip and party lists in calling on MPs who wish to speak.
  • Provide more resources to committees.

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allocating more time for Private Members’ Business to be debated and voted on in Parliament;

working with Parliament to introduce new technology or other institutional changes to better connect Members with their constituents;

eliminating the use of whip and party lists to give the Speaker greater freedom in calling on Members who wish to speak; and

providing more resources to parliamentary committees so that they have the staff and research they need to deliver meaningful policy recommendations.

From Forward, retrieved 2019-09-30.

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Parliamentary reform.
We don't have any NDP policies on Parliamentary reform.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Parliamentary reform.

Green

  • Direct the Speaker to enforce existing rules to minimize the power of party whips over individual MPs.
  • Set up an all-party commission to select a board deciding Governor-in-Council appointments.
  • Strengthen the role and independence of parliamentary officers.

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Direct the Speaker to enforce existing rules to minimize the power of party whips over individual members of parliament.

Strengthen the role and protect the independence of parliamentary officers including the Ombudsman, the Auditor General, the Ethics Commissioner, the Information Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages and the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

Set up an all-party commission to select a five-member board that will make decisions regarding Governor-in-Council appointments and select candidates for parliamentary officers.

Replace the secretive Board of Internal Economy with an independent oversight committee to review MPs’ salaries, expenses and office budgets.

Establish a public investigations office reporting to parliament to provide clearer and permanent operating rules for such investigations.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any PPC policies on Parliamentary reform.

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