Canada in Crisis

By: Alicia
December 5th, 2008

The vote of non-confidence and the subsequent coalition of the NDP andLiberal parties has set off a highly charged political environment in Canada. The fact that the Prime Minister of this country cannot propose a budget that is supported by the house suggests the rhetoric that is in the air: that our country is in a crisis of sorts. This situation is new territory, something uncertain and unfamiliar, and this is an area of our political system that is governed by convention. I believe that a lack of information and understanding of the process is one of our greatest problems.

I attended a conference put on by the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa on Dec 4, I recorded much of it and I encourage you to have a listen. There were six professors that gave non-partisan information about this crisis and its various aspects in English and French. Please be encouraged to pass this information along since the media has deprived Canadians of helpful information about what is going on and why.

The moderator is professor Joanne St. Louis is done by the last two files include the question period and the final remarks were done by Linda Collins. My apologies, some of the content in Part 7 around the 50 second mark are missing due to technical challenges; Professor St. Louis was commenting on how issues of racism and sexism have been brought up surrounding the Governor General.

Part 1-Intor and Professor Dodek on Governer General (E)

Part 2-Professor Freeman (E)

Part 3-Professor Grammond (F&E)

Part 4-Professor Maxime Panaccio (F)

Part 5-Professor Shalin Sugunasiri on Rule of Law and the Attorney General (E)

Part 6-Professor Daphne Gillbert on Role of Supreme Courts (E)

Part 7-Questions

Part 8-Questions and Final Remarks

Audio recordings.

Canada in Crisis Part 1