Forum on Senate Reform: May 12, 2010
Sponsored by The Centre for Public Policy and Law at York University and The Canada West Foundation
Discussion paper: "A New Senate for a More Democratic Canada"
Archived Webcasts of Forum
By clicking on the appropriate links below, you can view the parts of the Forum for which York University and Calgary were joined by videoconference.
Senate Reform session 1A
Session Title: Balancing Power, Improving Policy
Key Speaker: Ian Brodie
Panelists: Roger Gibbins, Matthew Mendelsohn
http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/Viewer?peid=70ffe136-a1e7-4b91-b1cc-7e517ec786ae
Senate Reform session 1B
Report Back on Balancing Power, Improving Policy discussion
http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/Viewer?peid=e143849a-ebfb-4848-9f7f-135b0983062a
Session Reform session 2A
Session Title: Representing Diversity
Panelists: Lisa Young, Jennifer Smith, Andre Blais
http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/Viewer?peid=8364aa5d-fcbb-47c4-8f3c-4aeaab33331e
Session Reform session 2B
Report Back on Representing Diversity
http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/Viewer?peid=16310092-8290-4784-b12d-0f58ffc36c4c
Senate Reform session 3A
Session Title: Strengthening Federalism
Panelists: Casey Vander Ploeg, Hon. Dan Hays, Hon. Lorna Marsden
http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/Viewer?peid=d9bfddd4-323a-4f6b-b600-7e12bfb9dacf
Schedule
Time Event Participants
Calgary Toronto
7:45 9:45 Participants arrive; panelists and attendees (20 in Calgary, 20 in
Refreshments Toronto, York University)
8:00 10:00 Welcome & Introductions Roger Gibbins, President and CEO, Canada West Foundation (Calgary)
and Ian Greene, Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration (York)
8:10 10:10 Prime Minister Harper’s Ian Brodie, former Chief of Staff, PMO (2006-08)
Program for Senate reform (video link from Washington, D.C.)
8:30 10:30 Session I: Balacing Power, President and CEO, Canada West Foundation (Calgary) &
Improving Policy Matthew Mendelsohn, director, Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, University of Toronto
9:00 11:00 Separate discussion groups in Attendees in Calgary and York
Calgary and York (no video link Peter Russell (professor emeritus, University of Toronto)
after presentation by Prof. Russell) will be first discussant in Toronto.
9:45 11:45 Report back (video link) Robert Roach, Director of the West in Canada Project,
Canada West Foundation (Calgary); & Les Jacobs, Director,
York Centre for Public Policy and Law (York)
10:00 12:00 Break (light lunch served at York)
10:45 12:45 Session II: Representing Lisa Young, Dept. of Political Science, University of Calgary; Professor, Department of Political
Diversity Science, Dalhousie University, (Halifax by video link); & André Blais Professor, Political Science, l’Université de Montréal (Montréal by teleconference)
11:15 13:15 Separate discussion groups in Attendees in Calgary and York
Calgary and York (no video link)
12:00 14:00 Report back (video link) Robert Roach (Calgary); Ian Greene (York)
12:15 14:15 Break (light lunch served in Calgary; refreshments at York)
13:00 15:00 Session III: Strengthening Casey Vander Ploeg, Senior Policy Analyst, Canada West Foundation (Calgary),
Federalism (video link) Dr. Lorna Marsden, York’s President Emeritus and Former Canadian Senator (York), &
Hon. Dan Hays, Former Senator (Calgary)
13:40 15:40 Discussion including groups in Attendees in Calgary and York
Calgary and York (video link)
14:15 16:15 Report back (video link) Robert Roach (Calgary); Les Jacobs (York)
14:30 16:30 Wrap Up (video link) Roger Gibbins (Calgary); Les Jacobs (York)
14:45 16:45 End