Lively debate is part of any Session and today during the Second Session of the 101st Youth Parliament of Manitoba there was no shying away. Members from all sides of the benches stood up to give their heartfelt opinions on a flurry on different topics, from the Gender Delegalization Act, the Intercity Transit Act, the …
What is normality? Basic definitions of the word define it as “a condition of being normal.” A rather basic definition of an already self-explanatory word. But for the Youth Parliament of Manitoba, while it has been normal to have Session during the week of December 26 to December 30th, this year was not normal. For …
Canada’s government system is unique compared to most other countries. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, meaning that Canada’s head of state is a monarch, in our case the monarch is King Charles III of the United Kingdom and of his other realms and territories. But the monarch doesn’t rule over Canada directly; in Canada the …
Within government the position of the Leader of the Official Opposition or LO or Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition is a title given to the leader of the party with the second most seats in the House of Commons. It is a position that requires the building of a shadow cabinet, a cabinet which …
Every year both the House of Commons and Senate in Ottawa and the Legislature in Winnipeg “rise” for the summer. In parliamentary language the word “rise” simply refers to fact that Parliament does not formally gather or discuss or debate certain bills. This means that the government does not pass any laws during the summer …
August: The Month Where Politicians Relax… Really? Read More »
Over the past two years Cabinet retreats have been done differently. But this year, the 101st Youth Parliament of Manitoba Cabinet had the opportunity to have their annual retreat at Rock Lake United Church Camp once again. It was filled with many memorable moments, both in keeping with previous Cabinet retreats but also creating new …
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Here closes the fifth part of a story recounting the 100th part of the story that is the Youth Parliament of Manitoba. From breakfast up until shortly after lunch, the Ninth and Tenth sittings were held. Afterwards, our traditional knowledge keeper Clayton Sandy delivered an excellent Elder Teaching. Following this was the Prorogation, which formally …
Get ready for another exhilarating account of the life and times of the 100th class of the youth parliamentarians of Manitoba. The day was kicked off by the seventh installment of the exemplary showcases of ideas and thought which we call sittings. That was followed by our luncheon with the Progressive Conservative Caucus, in which …
On the third day of Christmas came three French hens. This third day of session was accompanied by gifts no less opulent. YPM’s Senate saw three pillars of our organization inducted into its ranks. Those were Abigaïl Theano-Pudwill, Lloyd Axworthy, and Bob Kozminski. Afterwards, we had the honour of being joined by a number of …
What a day! As days are to Canadian Prime Ministers, this day was certainly The Honourable Alexander Mackenzie PC, because it was the second one. Many remarkable things took place – too many to put into words. As such, this blog will stick to the less-remarkable. We saw 8 wonderful ‘replies to the speech from …
