RESPECTING DEMOCRATIC ROLES

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  • The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin P.C. Chief Justice of Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21991/C9M66W

Abstract

Je suis très contente d’être ici avec vous ce soir1 et d’avoir été invitée à prononcer l’allocution d’ouverture devant cet important auditoire. Il n’arrive pas souvent que les trois pouvoirs de l’État – le législatif, l’exécutif et le judiciaire – se réunissent afin de discuter de leurs responsabilités et de leurs rapports mutuels.

There is a lot of confusion about the roles of these branches, to judge from current press. We hear the criticism that the executive is running the country at the expense of Parliament. We are also told that the courts are running the country, at the expense of Parliament and the executive. So where does the truth lie? Quel rôle appartient à chacune de ces institutions?

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Published

2011-07-26

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Vol. 14 No. 2 & 3 (2005)

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