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Procedure and House Affairs committee  My impression is that we in Canada are more centred around the authority of the central party organization than most Westminster democracies, more centred on party structure. In my view, it is not a criticism of party leaders for being hogs for power over the years, but a reali

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh, up the creek....

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm a canoeist, you see.

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a good place to be.

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, you can decertify the local constituency organization if you want, as a central party, but our representation ideally is built from the bottom up, from constituencies. I find the strength of the central parties over the constituency organizations and over the selection of m

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My preference would be for the local constituency to have the last say.

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I really wonder about the extent to which Parliament itself should tell caucuses and parties how their internal politics should be governed. I really do. Historically there's been a big difference between parties both within Parliament, outside Parliament, and the relationship be

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have been concerned with the so-called decline of Parliament over the years. I think in part the decline involves the parties gaining more power over the parliamentarians. As we go on, I would like to see more focus on Parliament as representatives of members of constituencies,

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, you've escaped me for a while, but I'm honoured to be here, sir. As I understand it, the intention of private member's Bill C-586 is to reduce the influence of the central party organizations over the nomination of candidates in constituencies, and correspondingly to stren

December 2nd, 2014Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Government Operations committee  We would have to be rearranging the fiscal year, and we would have to be rearranging the government's calendar for preparing the estimates, but those things are matters of taste and habit rather than things fixed in stone. I think that if as a committee you want to propose ways

March 26th, 2012Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Government Operations committee  It would be my pleasure to come back. Thank you. I've enjoyed it.

March 26th, 2012Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Government Operations committee  Prima facie, I don't see a problem, but ultimately the responsibility does not belong to the committee; it belongs to the House itself, and then the House itself has to realize that if it's changing a vote in a significant way, the government can treat this as a vote of confidenc

March 26th, 2012Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Government Operations committee  That's a very Canadian way of looking at things. I'm sure my colleague on the screen will support this. In most parliaments, committees are not as rigidly partisan as they tend to get in Canada.

March 26th, 2012Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

March 26th, 2012Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks

Government Operations committee  I think that's a sensible alternative. I must say—and I haven't looked at this recently—that when the estimates were first referred to committees many years ago, I kept track of what was happening there. Members tended to find it one of the more frustrating things they did. I'm n

March 26th, 2012Committee meeting

Dr. Ned Franks