OUR SCANDALOUS SENATE by J. Patrick Boyer ( 9781459723665 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

OUR SCANDALOUS SENATE

By:

J. Patrick Boyer

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Paperback

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145972366X

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9781459723665

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Publisher:

DUNDURN GROUP LTD

Pub. date:

31 May, 2014

Pages:

394

Synopsis:

In 2013 Canadians grew appalled at scandals involving prominent senators: resignations at highest levels, damning reports from independent auditing firms, a precedent-setting review of all Senate spending by Canada's auditor general, and RCMP investigations of criminal acts. In this timely book, J. Patrick Boyer provides an in-depth look at this new low in the history of Canada's Senate, and shows how the bigger national scandal is the Senate's very existence. The Senate of Canada is a leading specimen of "resistance to change," that little-understood phenomenon by which the entrenched power of existing institutions creates a dead-weight of inertia. Yet at last, even this institution seems on the brink of transformation as Canadians have reignited long-smouldering demands for reform or even abolition.

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black & white illustrations

Publication:

Canada

Imprint:

Dundurn Group Ltd

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