Articles from Canada and the World Backgrounder (September 1, 1997)

Title	Author	Type	Words
An honourable member.			45
Backbench bills.			231
Closing doors.			250
Conflict or consensus.			132
Crisis of followship.			145
Early votes.			115
From bill to law: a complicated system is involved in the making of laws.			1390
How to get there.			211
Insiders and outsiders.			122
Let the people speak.			332
Living comfortably ever after.			138
Making votes count.			672
Meeting of the wise men.			128
Natural solution.			82
Off the record.			334
PACs with a punch.			165
Policy formation.			234
Political theatre.			1411
Private lives.			160
Regional shut-out.			62
Right system wrong place.			128
The age of the soundbite.			1134
The conscience of Parliament: Canada lost one of its finest citizens in June 1997 when Stanley Knowles died at the age of 88.		Obituary	583
The first commoner.			419
The other place.			808
The persuasion industry.			1171
The price of dissent.			163
The seed of democracy: Canada inherited its parliamentary tradition from England.			962
The trust gap.			1400
Toeing the line: the rule of party discipline gives the prime minister and premiers immense power.			1684
Unbalanced power: Canada has prospered under its current system of parliamentary government, but there are many experts who believe its time for a change.			920