“The purpose of privilege is not to place parliamentarians above the law, but rather to allow them to carry out their duties independently and effectively, in the national interest.” LawPurposeInterestDutyPrivilegeNational InterestsAbove The Law Book:The House of Commons at Work Source: The House of Commons at Work
“For two years now, my office has had the honour and the privilege of sponsoring seminars on the functioning of government in this country for Eastern Europeans. These seminars and exchanges have brought together representatives from such nations as Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republic, Roumania, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the Ukraine, all of them anxious to learn what makes a society as diverse as Canada work and how our institutions make it governable.” YearsTwoCountryGovernmentTogetherNationsOfficeInstitutionsPrivilegeRussiaCanadaTwo YearsRepublicHonourAnxiousDiverseRepresentativesEasternUkrainePolandSeminarsHungaryCzechBulgariaEstoniaLithuaniaLatvia Author:John Allen Fraser