Reading Time: 5 minutes Disponible en français. In November 2021, Canada joined the Global Methane Pledge launched by the United States and the European Union at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. The collective goal of this pledge is to reduce human-caused methane emissions by at least… Read More ›
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The Role of the Administrator as the Crown’s Representative
Reading Time: 4 minutes Disponible en français. On 21 January 2021, the Governor General, the Right Honourable Julie Payette announced her resignation. The resignation led to a relatively uncommon situation – the Chief Justice of Canada, the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, was appointed Administrator… Read More ›
Canada’s G7 Presidency
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Présidence canadienne du G7) In January 2018, Canada assumed the presidency of the Group of Seven (G7). Canada will host G7 leaders at a Summit taking place in Charlevoix, Quebec on 8-9 June. The G7 is… Read More ›
‘Welfare’ of a Nation: The Origins of ‘Peace, Order and Good Government’
Reading Time: 6 minutes Disponible en français: Le bien-être d’un pays : origine de l’expression « paix, ordre et bon gouvernement » Some 150 years ago, Canada’s Fathers of Confederation hit upon a phrase that has come to define Parliament’s lawmaking authority in relation… Read More ›
Foundations: The Words That Shaped Canada
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Textes fondateurs : les mots qui ont façonné le Canada) To mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation, the Library of Parliament opened on 9 March 2017 an exhibit entitled Foundations: The Words that Shaped Canada. Over… Read More ›