Translation of "commission consultative constitutionnelle et électorale " (French → English) :

The First Vice-President's letter also recommended that the Polish Government consult the Venice Commission before adopting the proposed changes to the Law on the Constitutional Tribunal.

It said that in addition to the democratic principle and other constitutional principles, there is the principle of judicial independence and that, in order to comply with that principle, it would create an advisory commission that would make a recommendation to the government.

The existing programmes in these areas will all end in 2006 and, in the light of the above-mentioned Communication as well as the results of public consultations and recent evaluation reports, the Commission will later this year adopt legislative proposals for a new generation of programmes for these areas for the next programming period (except for Civic Participation, which will be tabled in early 2005 on the basis of an initial ...[+++]appraisal of the new programme in this area launched in 2004 and of the outcome of the European constitutional debate).

We tried to come up with wording that would ensure our bill fell within the parameters laid down by the courts, interpreting the Constitution Act in ways to see that this complies in every respect with that act so that we will not have the electoral boundaries drawn up by a commission thrown out as being contrary either to the Constitution Act or to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act and that will ensure ...[+++] the provisions of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act are not held to be inconsistent with the Constitution Act (1655) Section 52 of the Constitution Act, 1867, provides that the number of members of the House of Commons may be from time to time increased by the Parliament of Canada provided the proportionate representation of the provinces prescribed by this act is not thereby disturbed.

(a) a formula to cap or reduce the number of seats in the House of Commons; (b) a review of the adequacy of the present method of selection of members of electoral boundary commissions; (c) a review of the rules governing and the powers and methods of proceeding of electoral boundary commissions, including whether those commissions ought to commence their work from the basis of making necessary alterations to the boundaries of existing electoral districts wherever possible; (d) a review of the time and nature of the involvement of the public and the House of Commons in the work of electoral ...[+++] boundary commissions; That the committee have the power to travel within Canada and to hear witnesses by teleconference; and That the committee report no later than December 16, 1994 (1530) The committee reported to the House earlier than that, on November 25, 1994 when the chair presented the 51st report of that committee to the House.

Hon. Allan Rock (for the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) moved: That the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to prepare and bring in a bill, in accordance with Standing Order 68(5), respecting the system of readjusting the boundaries of electoral districts for the House of Commons by Electoral Boundaries Commissions, and, in preparing the said bill, the committee be instructed to consider, among other related matters, the general operation over the past thirty years of the Electoral Bounda ...[+++]ries Readjustment Act, including: (a) an assessment of whether there should be a continual increase in the number of Members of the House of Commons after each census, as now provided in section 51 of the Constitution Act; (b) a review of the adequacy of the present method of selection of members of Electoral Boundaries Commissions; (c) a review of the rules governing and the powers and methods of proceedings of Electoral Boundaries Commissions, including whether these Commissions ought to commence their work from the basis of making necessary alterations to the boundaries of existing electoral districts wherever possible; (d) a review of the time and nature of the involvement of the public and of the House of Commons in the work of Electoral Boundaries Commissions; That the committee have the power to travel within Canada and to hear witnesses by teleconference; and That the committee report no later than December 16, 1994.