The marriage dialogue

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Date
2011-04Author
Moore, James Arthur
Type
ThesisDegree Level
MastersMetadata
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Using the contemporary example of same-sex marriage, the author uses his first-hand experience as a Member of Parliament to examine the "dialogue" theory of Charter of Rights and Freedoms politics and decision-making role of legislators. The dialogue between courts, legislatures and Canadians is robust and having a significant impact on public policy in Canada. However, many of those in the legislature are either unaware or uninterested in this changing fact of Canadian policy making. This is particularly troubling given the power MPs have when voting in the House of Commons on an issue of equality rights in the House of Commons in a free vote - as was the case in the issue at the centre of this thesis, the issue of same-sex marriage.
Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)Department
Political StudiesProgram
Political StudiesSupervisor
Poelzer, GregCommittee
McGrane, David; Michelmann, HansCopyright Date
April 2011Subject
marriage
Charter of Rights
equality
same-sex marriage