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GPY Closing Press Release
NEWS RELEASE TSX.V: GPY July 9th, 2014 NR 14-02 www.goldenpredator.com Golden Predator Announces Former Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie Appointed to the Board of Directors Edmonton, Alberta, July 9th, 2014: Golden Predator Mining Corp. (TSX.V: GPY) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce Mr. Dennis Fentie has joined the Golden Predator Board of Directors. Mr. Dennis Fentie Mr. Fentie served as the Premier of the Yukon from 2002 to 2011, having first entered politics in 1996 as the MLA for Watson Lake. He has represented both the Yukon Party and the New Democratic Party during his tenure. As Premier he also served as Minister of Finance, Minister responsible for devolution, land claims and Yukon Energy Corp. and as the Minister of Environment. Mr. Fentie's priorities included rebuilding the Yukon economy, formalizing relations with First Nations and revitalizing the mining industry. During his tenure the unemployment rate in Yukon declined from 9.8% to approximately 4%, annual mineral exploration expenditures grew from $7 million in 2002 to over $300 million in 2011 and the value of mineral production grew 264 percent. Mr. Fentie currently is a private businessman residing in Watson Lake, Yukon. “Working together, the Yukon offers a wealth of opportunity to the mining industry and to the people of the Yukon. It is important to create partnerships in the community, specifically with First Nations to get them more involved in the mining sector, said Mr. Fentie. “I look forward to serving with my former colleague Piers McDonald and a great team of Yukoners on the Board.” Mr. -
British Political System: PART II
1.Represents government 2.Symbol of authority and source of advice 3.Providing continuity and stability 4.Constitutional flexibility 5.Embodiment of tradition and object of identification for masses 6.Symbol of unity of the UK ▪ Hereditary head of state ▪ Part of both executive and legislative powers ▪ „the monarch reigns, but does not rule“ ▪ King can do no wrong (1711) 1.UK = parliamentary democracy + a constitutional sovereign as Head of State 2.Not publicly involved in the party politics of government 3.Entitled to be informed and consulted, and to advise, encourage and warn ministers 4.Royal Assent 5.Reserve power to dismiss the PM 6.Reserve power to make a personal choice of successor PM ▪ To appoint a Prime Minister of her [his] own choosing (1963) ▪ To dismiss a Prime Minister and his or her Government on the Monarch's own authority (1834) ▪ To summon and prorogue parliament ▪ To command the Armed Forces ▪ To dismiss and appoint Ministers ▪ To refuse the royal assent (1707/8) ▪ The power to declare War and Peace ▪ The power to deploy the Armed Forces overseas ▪ The power to ratify and make treaties ▪ But 2010 Constitutional Reform and Governance Act ▪ codifying the Ponsonby Rule (constitutional convention: most international treaties had to be laid before Parliamet 21 days before ratification ▪ Personal, political and criminal inviolability ▪ Unaccountability ▪ To issue and withdraw passports ▪ To appoint Bishops and Archbishops of the Church of England ▪ To grant honours ▪ Prerogative of Mercy ▪ …. ▪ Annually ▪ Tradition from 1600s ▪ Current ceremony 1852 ▪ Presented in HL ▪ HC members present too ▪ Followed by ▪ 'Humble Address to the Queen ▪ Parliamentary debate on the Speech ▪ 4-5 days ▪ Speech is then approved of by HC ▪ Above-parties ▪ No participation in elections ▪ Co-operate with any cabinet ▪ Avoid controversial statements ▪ „King can do no wrong“, if his steps consulted with the cabinet ▪ Part of the parliament ▪ Royal Assent (no legislative initiative) ▪ Bagehot (1867): „But the Queen has no such veto. -
Independent Review of Jersey Members' Remuneration Process
STATES OF JERSEY INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF JERSEY MEMBERS’ REMUNERATION PROCESS Presented to the States on 27th October 2020 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee STATES GREFFE 2020 R.121 2 REPORT The Privileges and Procedures Committee (PPC) presented the ‘States Members’ Remuneration Review Body: Recommendations for Remuneration beyond the 2022 General Election (R.89/2019)’ report in July 2019 (the ‘SMRRB Report’). PPC had a number of questions about the methodology that the States Members’ Remuneration Review Body (SMRRB’) used in the SMRRB Report and also queried whether the arrangements for setting States Members’ pay were in line with international best practice. As a result, PPC commissioned Dr. Hannah White OBE to undertake an independent review into the Jersey Members’ remuneration process (the ‘Review’) at a cost of £2,500. The Review is published with this document as an Appendix. PPC records its thanks to Dr. White for undertaking the Review. The terms of reference for the Review were: 1. To conduct a paper-based review of the current system for determining the remuneration of Members of the States (including the most recent report of the SMRRB); 2. To examine the equivalent systems used by relevant comparator legislatures (especially smaller and sub-national, ideally including Guernsey, Isle of Man, Westminster, Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia and Canada); and 3. To make recommendations. PPC intends to consider how to respond to the recommendations provided in the Review in due course. R.121/2020 APPENDIX Independent review of Jersey Members’ remuneration process Dr Hannah White, July 2020 Background to this review On 22 July 2019, the Procedures and Privileges Committee (PPC) presented to the Jersey States the latest report of the States Members’ Remuneration Review Body (SMRRB): Recommendations for remuneration beyond the 2022 general election. -
Translating the Constitution Act, 1867
TRANSLATING THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1867 A Legal-Historical Perspective by HUGO YVON DENIS CHOQUETTE A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Law in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Master of Laws Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada September 2009 Copyright © Hugo Yvon Denis Choquette, 2009 Abstract Twenty-seven years after the adoption of the Constitution Act, 1982, the Constitution of Canada is still not officially bilingual in its entirety. A new translation of the unilingual Eng- lish texts was presented to the federal government by the Minister of Justice nearly twenty years ago, in 1990. These new French versions are the fruits of the labour of the French Constitutional Drafting Committee, which had been entrusted by the Minister with the translation of the texts listed in the Schedule to the Constitution Act, 1982 which are official in English only. These versions were never formally adopted. Among these new translations is that of the founding text of the Canadian federation, the Constitution Act, 1867. A look at this translation shows that the Committee chose to de- part from the textual tradition represented by the previous French versions of this text. In- deed, the Committee largely privileged the drafting of a text with a modern, clear, and con- cise style over faithfulness to the previous translations or even to the source text. This translation choice has important consequences. The text produced by the Commit- tee is open to two criticisms which a greater respect for the prior versions could have avoided. First, the new French text cannot claim the historical legitimacy of the English text, given their all-too-dissimilar origins. -
States of Jersey
STATES OF JERSEY AMENDMENT OF THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE STATES OF JERSEY TO PROVIDE FOR POLITICAL PARTIES Lodged au Greffe on 11th December 2020 by Senator S.Y. Mézec STATES GREFFE 2020 P.166 PROPOSITION THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion − that the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey should be amended to take into account that members of the States Assembly may choose to organise themselves within political parties, and to request the Privileges and Procedures Committee to investigate and bring forward the necessary amendments that are appropriate to facilitate this by the end of 2021. SENATOR S.Y. MÉZEC Page - 2 P.166/2020 REPORT “Criteria for the formation of parliamentary party groups, and their rights and responsibilities in the Legislature, shall be clearly stated in the Rules” – Section 4.2.1 of the Commonwealth Recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures1 Whether Jersey further develops into a party political system is ultimately a matter for the electorate. But at the last two general elections, enough members of the public decided that they wished to be represented by States Members who are affiliated to a party, to end up with some being elected. Yet those members elected have not had it recognised in any form by the procedures of the Assembly that they are affiliated to a party and conduct their work on behalf of their constituents on that basis. This proposition asks that the Privileges and Procedures Committee (PPC) be tasked with investigating the appropriateness of bringing forward any amendments to Standing Orders to enable the recognition that some elected members will be affiliated with a party, and outline their rights and responsibilities, as per the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s (CPA) recommended benchmarks. -
Modernizing Government in the Channel Islands: New Political Executives in British Crovvn Dependencies
Modernizing Government in the Channel Islands: New Political Executives in British Crovvn Dependencies Philip Morris* Abstract This article examines recent reforms of internal government arrangements in the Channel Islands jurisdictions of Jersey and Guernsey. These reforms represent the most far-reaching changes in insular government for over half a century in response to concerns over slow and poor-quality decision-making, conflicts of interest, absence of effective accountability mechanisms and external critique of aspects of the Islands' offshore finance sectors, upon which their economies are heavily dependent. The article is structured into three sections. Section I outlines the constitutional position of both jurisdictions, the pressures for reform and the political economy of British offshore finance centres. Section II critically evaluates key features of the new systems and their performances to date. The final part, Section III, highlights key themes including the necessity for external pressure as a trigger for reform, selective/diluted implementation of reform packages and the problem of genuine accountability in small jurisdictions. Keywords: Jersey, Guernsey, governments, reform, offshore, accountability I. Background: Constitutional Context and the Political Economy of British Isles Offshore Finance Centres The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey are distinct jurisdictions which enjoy a constitutional status that can only be characterized as 'unique'.' They are neither part of the United Kingdom nor colonies: * Independent public law researcher; e-mail: [email protected]. The background work for this article was prepared while the author was Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Stirling. The author expresses his gratitude to those officials of the States Public Libraries in St Helier, Jersey and St Peter Port, Guernsey for their assistance during field trips to the Islands. -
Theparliamentarian
100th year of publishing TheParliamentarian Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth 2019 | Volume 100 | Issue Three | Price £14 The Commonwealth: Adding political value to global affairs in the 21st century PAGES 190-195 PLUS Emerging Security Issues Defending Media Putting Road Safety Building A ‘Future- for Parliamentarians Freedoms in the on the Commonwealth Ready’ Parliamentary and the impact on Commonwealth Agenda Workforce Democracy PAGE 222 PAGES 226-237 PAGE 242 PAGE 244 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) exists to connect, develop, promote and support Parliamentarians and their staff to identify benchmarks of good governance, and implement the enduring values of the Commonwealth. 64th COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE Calendar of Forthcoming Events KAMPALA, UGANDA Confirmed as of 6 August 2019 22 to 29 SEPTEMBER 2019 (inclusive of arrival and departure dates) 2019 August For further information visit www.cpc2019.org and www.cpahq.org/cpahq/cpc2019 30 Aug to 5 Sept 50th CPA Africa Regional Conference, Zanzibar. CONFERENCE THEME: ‘ADAPTION, ENGAGEMENT AND EVOLUTION OF September PARLIAMENTS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING COMMONWEALTH’. 19 to 20 September Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference, Jersey 22 to 29 September 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), Kampala, Uganda – including 37th CPA Small Branches Conference and 6th Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Conference. October 8 to 10 October 3rd Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Australia Regional Conference, South Australia. November 18 to 21 November 38th CPA Australia and Pacific Regional Conference, South Australia. November 2019 10th Commonwealth Youth Parliament, New Delhi, India - final dates to be confirmed. 2020 January 2020 25th Conference of the Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), Canada - final dates to be confirmed. -
Procedural Report 2004 Spring Sitting Yukon Legislative Assembly First Session
PROCEDURAL REPORT 2004 SPRING SITTING ‘I YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ‘Pt fr FIRST SESSION 31ST LEGISLATURE zi March 25, 2004-May 18, 2004 Speaker: The Hon. Ted Staffen A’.’ A. a Lt a a e a a a a a a a a e a a PROCEDURAL REPORT 2004 SPRING SITTING YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FIRST SESSION 31ST LEGISLATURE March 25, 2004-May 18, 2004 Speaker: The Hon. Ted Staffen .Table of Contents Preface 3 Introduction 5 Procedural Issues 7 Absence of Member, reference to 7 Adjournment 7 Of the House 7 Of Debate 7 Amendment 8 To the Motion for Second Reading 8 Out of Order 8 Assent 9 Charge against another member 10 Committee of the Whole 14 Proceeding from general debate to line-by-line 14 Progress, Motion to report 14 Resuming debate on a department 14 Correcting the Record 15 Documents, tabling of 15 Requirement for Tabling 16 Electronic Devices, use of in the Chamber 16 Government Business, calling of 17 Languages, other than English, use of 18 Members 19 Recognition of 19 References to 20 Members of the public, references to 21 Moment of silence 22 Ministers, references to 23 Motions. Irregular 23 Notice required for Private Member’s Bill 24 Order and Decorum 25 Deportment in the Chamber 25 Extraneous comments 26 Speaking through the Chair 27 Petitions 27 Received 27 Response by Minister 28 Points of Order 28 Discussing 28 Improper 28 Raising 29 Presiding Officers 29 Absence of the Speaker 29 Appointment of Acting Chair of Committee of the Whole, spontaneous 30 —1— C r - n Li El El [I U, B U, ii U U Introduction One procedural issue that drew substantial attention from the Chair during the 2004 Spring Sitting was that of members making charges against one another. -
Comité Des Connétables
STATES OF JERSEY COMPOSITION AND ELECTION OF THE STATES: PROPOSED CHANGES (P.139/2020) – COMMENTS Presented to the States on 25th November 2020 by the Comité des Connétables STATES GREFFE 2020 P.139 Com. COMMENTS 1. Executive summary 1.1. These comments are submitted to assist States members as they consider another raft of proposals for electoral reform1. 1.2. P.7/2020, on which P.139/2020 is based, was withdrawn so that a working group could try to build a broad consensus on electoral reform – there is no reference to this working group in PPC’s Report. 1.3. Is the P.139/2020 ‘compromise’ an improvement on the current system? Does it align with the previously expressed wish of the electorate (referenda in April 2013 (16,624 voters) and October 2014 (24,130 voters)) and more recent public meetings in 2019 to consider P.126/2019 and will a further referendum be held to seek approval? 1.4. In written answer WQ52/2020 H M Attorney General said about Article 3 of the First Protocol to the ECHR (“A3P1”): There is no reason at present to consider that the electoral system for the States Assembly would breach the requirements of A3P1. 1.5. Respecting the Parish boundaries and the retention of Connétables as members of the States is vitally important. There is no single correct electoral system, and it is universally recognised that this is ultimately a matter for the people of each country. 1.6. The proposition and amendments do not address many of the other recommendations in the CPA EOM2 report which could have a more significant impact on civic engagement and the electoral system. -
Journals of the Yukon Legislative Assembly First Session 32Nd
·JOURNALS YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FIRST SESSION 32nd LEGISLATURE November 23, 2006- December 13, 2006 Speaker: The Hon. Ted Staffen No.1 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS of the YUKON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 32nd Legislative Assembly First Session Thursday, November 23, 2006 This being the day appointed for the opening of the First Session of the Thirty-Second Wholly-Elected Legislative Assembly of Yukon for the dispatch of business and the oaths having been already administered to the Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Members took their seats in the House. Proclamation The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Patrick L. Michael, read the Proclamation as follows: "TO ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come or whom the same may in any wise concern GREETINGS A PROCLAMATION KNOW YE THAT under and by virtue of the power and authority vested in the Commissioner of Yukon, the Legislative Assembly is summoned to meet for dispatch of business in the Yukon Legislative Assembly Chamber, Yukon Government Administration Building, Whitehorse, Yukon, on Thursday, the twenty-third day of November, AD., 2006 at the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon. ALL OF WHICH all persons concerned are required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly. GNEN UNDER my hand and seal of Yukon, at Whitehorse, Yukon, this 6th day of November, AD., 2006. Geraldine Van Bibber Commissioner of the Yukon" - 2 - Clerk Reports on Members Elected The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly reported on the Members elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly as follows: "Pursuant to the provisions of the Elections Act the Commissioner has been informed of the receipt of Returns to Writs for the General Election conducted on the tenth day of October, 2006. -
First Ministers' Conferences 1906 – 2004
FIRST MINISTERS’ CONFERENCES 1906 – 2004 CANADIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT FIRST MINISTERS’ CONFERENCES 1906–2004 PREPARED BY THE CANADIAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Our front cover symbolizes intergovernmental conference activity in Canada. Portrayed are fourteen official Coats of Arms beginning with that of Canada at the top then, from left to right, those of the provinces and territories in order of entry into Confederation. They are placed around the CICS logo depicting the governments sitting around a conference table. PLEASE NOTE This document is the property of the Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat (CICS) and is made available for education and/or information purposes only. Any misuse of its contents is prohibited, nor can it be sold or otherwise used for commercial purposes. Reproduction of its contents for purposes other than education and/or information requires the prior authorization of the CICS. TABLE OF CONTENTS PRIME PAGE MINISTER Foreword i 1. Conference of the Representatives of the (Laurier) 1 Government of Canada and the Various Provinces Ottawa, October 8-13, 1906 – Financial subsidies to the provinces 2. Conference between the Members of the Government (White – 3 of Canada and of the Various Provincial Governments Acting Ottawa, November 19-22, 1918 for Borden) – Soldier and land settlement, transfer of natural resources 3. Dominion-Provincial Conference (King) 4 Ottawa, November 3-10, 1927 – Various subjects listed under “Constitutional”, “Financial” and “Social and Economic” titles 4. Dominion-Provincial Conference (Bennett) 7 Ottawa, April 7-8, 1931 – Statute of Westminster 5. Dominion-Provincial Conference (Bennett) 8 Ottawa, April 8-9, 1932 – Unemployment relief 6. Dominion-Provincial Conference (Bennett) 9 Ottawa, January 17-19, 1933 – Various subjects including unemployment, old age pensions, company law and overlapping federal and provincial jurisdictions 7. -
Canada's Northern Strategies: from Trudeau To
Lackenbauer Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security No. 17 Canada’s Northern Strategies: From Trudeau to Trudeay, 1970-2020 1970-2020 to Trudeay, Northern Strategies: From Trudeau Canada’s Canada’s Northern Strategies From Trudeau to Trudeau, 1970-2020 Compiled and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer DCASS 17 Canada’s Northern Strategies From Trudeau to Trudeau, 1970-2020 Compiled and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Ph.D. Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security (DCASS) ISSN 2368-4569 Series Editors: P. Whitney Lackenbauer Adam Lajeunesse Managing Editor: Ryan Dean Canada’s Northern Strategies: From Trudeau to Trudeau, 1970-2020 P. Whitney Lackenbauer DCASS Number 17, 2020 Front Cover: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Canada’s North 1970-1980. Back Cover: Prime Minister’s Office; Library and Archives Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Canada’s North 1970-1980. Centre for Military, Security and School for the Study of Canada Strategic Studies Trent University University of Calgary 1600 West Bank Dr. 2500 University Dr. N.W. Peterborough, ON K9L 0G2 Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Tel: 705.748.1011 x7390 Tel: 403.220.4030 www.trentu.ca www.cmss.ucalgary.ca Arctic Institute of North America University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW, ES-1040 Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Tel: 403-220-7515 http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/ Copyright © the authors/editors, 2020 Permission policies are outlined on our website http://cmss.ucalgary.ca/research/arctic-document-series Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................. ii Canada’s Northern Strategies, 1970-2020: An Introduction .................................... iii Background .....................................................................................................iii The 1970s and 1980s ....................................................................................... v The End of the Cold War and a New Circumpolar Focus.............................