[PDF][PDF] A Model Parliament for Canada.

P Manning - Canadian Parliamentary Review, 2011 - revparl.ca
P Manning
Canadian Parliamentary Review, 2011revparl.ca
Manning Centre for Building Democracy. Its goal is to raise the knowledge and skill level of
practitioners in the political arena. You may be familiar with a couple of our projects. We
worked with Carleton University in Ottawa to establish Canada's first master's program in
political management designed especially for political staffers. We also have a facility in
Calgary that we use for training political volunteers. Their work is so important to the
operation of our democracy. We are presently developing a project aimed specifically at the …
Manning Centre for Building Democracy. Its goal is to raise the knowledge and skill level of practitioners in the political arena. You may be familiar with a couple of our projects. We worked with Carleton University in Ottawa to establish Canada’s first master’s program in political management designed especially for political staffers. We also have a facility in Calgary that we use for training political volunteers. Their work is so important to the operation of our democracy.
We are presently developing a project aimed specifically at the training needs of future parliamentarians. We call this a Model Parliament for Canada. It is still in the conceptual stage but this facility, once completed, would serve not only to train future legislators but as a laboratory to try various proposals for parliamentary reform. Before outlining the idea in detail let me outline my personal background which may explain how I became interested in such a project.
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