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The Unreformed Senate of Canada
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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction to the Carleton Library Edition
Note to the Second Printing of the Carleton Library Edition
1 . The Problem
2. Colonial Antecedents
3. The Intentions of the Fathers
4. Constitutional and Political Limitations
5. The Senate at Work
6. Legislation in the Senate
7. The Protection of Rights
8. The Senate and Reform Legislation
9. The Appointing System
10. The Functions of a Second Chamber
11. To End or Mend the Senate?
NOTES
APPENDICES
A. Statistics of Legislation before the Senate 1867-1960
B. Extract from British North America Acts Relating to the Senate
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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THE UNREFORMED SENATE OF CANADA

THE UNREFORMED

SENATE

OF CANADA ROBERT A. MACKAY I REVISED EDITION

The Carielon Library No.6 / McClelland and Siewart Limited