Taking It to the Hill: The Complete Guide to Appearing Before Parliamentary Committees

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Taking It to the Hill The Complete Guide to Appearing before Parliamentary Committees David Mclnnes University of Ottawa Press The University of Ottawa Press gratefully acknowledges the support extended to its publishing programme by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Universityof Ottawa. We also acknowledge with gratitude the support of the Government of Canada through its BookPublishing Industry Development Program for our publishingactivities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Mclnnes, David, 1961Taking it to the Hill: the complete guide to appearing before parliamentary committees / David Mclnnes. -- 2nd ed. (Governance series) Includes bibliographicalreferences and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7766-0607-1 ISBN-10: 0-7766-0607-7 1. Canada. Parliament—Committees. 2. Parliamentary practice—Canada. I. Title. II. Series:Governance series (Ottawa, Ont.) JL148.5.M33 2005 328.71'0765 C2005-905670-3 All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any informationstorage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Cover design: Kevin Matthews Interior design and typesetting: LauraBrady Developmental editor: Jeremy Dias Copy editor: JulieMurray Proof reader: Dallas Harrison ISSN 1487-3052 Published by the University of Ottawa Press, 2005 542 King Edward Avenue,Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 press@uottawa.ca /www.uopress.uottawa.ca Printed and bound in Canada As my work proceeded on this second edition, it became quickly evident that lobbying starts in the home. Along with my three children, we were all jostling to use our home computer ; thank you Kesha, Kerry and Griffin for allowing me to complete my writing task. Now, the computer is yours. To Julie, I am grateful for your unwavering support over the course of this entire book project; I dedicate this book to you. David Mclnnes June 27, 2005 ...