Prorogation Defined: A brief education on Canada's parliamentary environment
January 11, 2010
Toronto (Canada) - Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that it has prepared a bulletin discussing the proroguing of Canada's federal Parliament.
Titled "The Prime Minister's Prorogation Play," the bulletin provides a succinct historical background on prorogation, explains how it work and highlights the implications for specific parliamentary business, namely government bills and Private Member bills.
The authors of the Bulletin, Daniel Brock and Claudia Feldkamp, are lawyers with Fasken Martineau in Toronto. The bulletin is available online at http://www.fasken.com/government_relations_january_2010/.
About Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Fasken Martineau, which ranks among the three largest law firms in Canada, is a leading international business law and litigation firm. With over 650 lawyers, the firm has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London, Paris and Johannesburg. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP is a limited liability partnership under the laws of Ontario, and is registered as such for the purposes of its professional activities in Québec. For additional information, please visit the firm's website at www.fasken.com.
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