Last week, when a new session of Parliament opened, the legislative agenda for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government said: "The government continues to believe the status quo in the Senate of Canada is unacceptable.
With another of his policy papers, he proposed opening the legislative process to public participation, streamlining the court system and setting up a nonpartisan commission to draw new legislative and Congressional district lines.
The first sign of trouble seemed to be in his State of the State speech Jan . 7 an annual address that opens the legislative session and sets the tone for the entire year.
WASHINGTON -- Paul Ryan said when he became Speaker in October he wanted to open up the legislative process to give lawmakers a chance to offer controversial proposals -- even if that meant some bills would fail on the House floor.
Open Government – At SXSW, Booker promised that he'd use technology to open up the legislative process.
In Washington, the House Budget Committee opened the formal legislative process by which Democrats hope to complete the health care legislation, perhaps even this week.
And we'll open up the legislative process in other ways too.
But at this stage, he seems unlikely to back down under public pressure to open up the legislative process.
For three years, Assembly Republicans like me have pushed a proposal that would open up the legislative process to more public scrutiny.
