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      The marriage dialogue

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      Date
      2011-04
      Author
      Moore, James Arthur
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      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 Studies
      Program
      Political Studies
      Supervisor
      Poelzer, Greg
      Committee
      McGrane, David; Michelmann, Hans
      Copyright Date
      April 2011
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-04152011-140232
      Subject
      marriage
      Charter of Rights
      equality
      same-sex marriage
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