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Party caucuses behind closed doors.
From:
Canadian Parliamentary Review
| Date:
March 22, 1998| Author:
Speaker, Ray
| COPYRIGHT 1998 Canadian Parliamentary Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Ray Speaker was a member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly from 1963 to 1993. He represented Lethbridge in the House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. He did not contest the 1997 election. This article is based on his presentation to a Canadian Study of Parliament Group meeting in November 1997. Party caucuses are one of the most important but least understood elements in the parliamentary system of government. This article, by a former federal and provincial parliamentarian, argues t...
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