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Call for change: A special committee has recommended radical reforms to the Senate, including the election of senators to help correct regional imbalances in the House of Commons
Call for change: A special committee has recommended radical reforms to the Senate, including the election of senators to help correct regional imbalances in the House of Commons

Call for change: A special committee has recommended radical reforms to the Senate, including the election of senators to help correct regional imbalances in the House of Commons

Date4/14/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Call for change: A special committee has recommended radical reforms to the Senate; including the election of senators to help correct regional imbalances in the House of Commons.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107468F
Leading The procession from the House of Commons to the Senate chamber as Canada's parliament opened is the acting Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. B(...)
Leading The procession from the House of Commons to the Senate chamber as Canada's parliament opened is the acting Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. B(...)
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Commons entering senate to bear speech from throng
Commons entering senate to bear speech from throng
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Ink Stand. Calendar and Seal Press. House of Commons Ottawa
Ink Stand. Calendar and Seal Press. House of Commons Ottawa
n.d.
Speakers Chair House of Commons
Speakers Chair House of Commons
2/21/1936
Hundreds of spectators lined the corridor yesterday outside the public galleries of the House of Commons in hope of witnessing the rare spectacle of a(...)
Hundreds of spectators lined the corridor yesterday outside the public galleries of the House of Commons in hope of witnessing the rare spectacle of a(...)
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Support for a package of tax reforms, to be presented to Commons soon, is sought by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in speech from Royal York Hotel lect(...)
Support for a package of tax reforms, to be presented to Commons soon, is sought by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in speech from Royal York Hotel lect(...)
6/8/1971
The Senate Chamber, at the rear is shown the vice regal throne and in front the chair occupied by the speaker of the senate
The Senate Chamber, at the rear is shown the vice regal throne and in front the chair occupied by the speaker of the senate
2/14/1928
Seeks reforms: Jean Augustine has replaced John Sewell as chairman of Metro Toronto Housing Authority but wants the same kind of reforms Sewell sought
Seeks reforms: Jean Augustine has replaced John Sewell as chairman of Metro Toronto Housing Authority but wants the same kind of reforms Sewell sought
12/8/1988
Sergeant-at-arms, Lieut.-Col. W. J. Franklin, carries the mace as he heads procession of members of parliament into Senate to hear the throne speech
Sergeant-at-arms, Lieut.-Col. W. J. Franklin, carries the mace as he heads procession of members of parliament into Senate to hear the throne speech
n.d.
Place cards are distributed in the senate for the opening of Parliament
Place cards are distributed in the senate for the opening of Parliament
9/27/1962
In a very personal sense, the King and Queen became rulers of Canada when they ascended the thrones in the Senate chamber at Ottawa. For the first tim(...)
In a very personal sense, the King and Queen became rulers of Canada when they ascended the thrones in the Senate chamber at Ottawa. For the first tim(...)
6/1/1939
Governor - General and Mrs. Vanier arrived on Parliament Hill in open landau. Major-General Vanier then walked to Senate chamber to deliver the Throne Speech
Governor - General and Mrs. Vanier arrived on Parliament Hill in open landau. Major-General Vanier then walked to Senate chamber to deliver the Throne Speech
9/28/1962