Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Technically this parliamentary session has been going on for 484 days (and counting). 010
Reposted by Lyle SkinnerAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I return to my contention that the real benefit of Canadian federalism is that at any given moment there's always one province whose political situation can provide entertainment for everyone else. 833257
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 18/09/202617 Independents in the BC Legislative Assembly must proportionally set a modern day record. The tally keeps changing by the hour. #bcpoli 012
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Make sure you try the replica Windsor uniform with bicorne. 110
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The argument that you have the right to speak English exclusively in the National Assembly per section 133 of the constitution act, 1867 therefore voters who speak exclusively English should be informed where to vote to elect such an MNA is compelling. It changes interpretation of democratic rights. 100
Reposted by Lyle SkinnerLyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The suspension of the excise fuel tax and the misalignment between valid policy objectives and constitutional law. Read my substack below 👇 #cdnpoli #cdnlawlyleskinner.substack.comTax Changes by Press ReleaseThe suspension of the excise fuel tax and the misalignment between valid policy objectives and constitutional law. 011
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The suspension of the excise fuel tax and the misalignment between valid policy objectives and constitutional law. Read my substack below 👇 #cdnpoli #cdnlawlyleskinner.substack.comTax Changes by Press ReleaseThe suspension of the excise fuel tax and the misalignment between valid policy objectives and constitutional law. 011
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Kudos to the photo caption writer: "MHA Keith Russell — literally — crosses the floor to sit as an independent, breaking from the PC Party on Sept. 14, 2026." 072
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🏮One Seat Majority Government alert in Newfoundland & Labrador🏮 #nlpoli #cdnpoli With an independent Speaker in the Chair, the government has a bare majority. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caKeith Russell announces split from PC party; will sit as an independent | CBC NewsProgressive Conservative MHA for Lake Melville Keith Russell announced Monday he is crossing the floor and will sit as an independent member rather than with Newfoundland and Labrador's PC government. 110
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I was very confused when I first moved to Ottawa. I thought Upper Canadians were obsessed with water billing. 010
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The irony of course is if the courts grant an injunction and require election documents to be sent out in English and in French, there is no mechanism for the notwithstanding clause to be invoked as the National Assembly is dissolved. 040
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026There is a separate more substantive issue of Google incorrectly listing a part of NB as being in Quebec but that story will have to wait for another day. 040
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026NB 511 also calls the Gulf of Mexico, the "Gulf of America". However at this point, it is really really going beyond the intended use of the service. 120
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026New Brunswick 511 refers to Lake Ontario as "Lake America". Granted NB is nowhere near the Great Lakes, 511 appears to use the same Google Maps servers as its basemap. #nbpoli 384
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I may have been one of those children. I was absolutely amazed going to Market Square in Saint John on a school trip and seeing more escalators. 130
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Reminds me of either one of my 17th century maps of the Maritimes or the map of New Brunswick from the Canada Science and Technology Museum. 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Given this is an older speech (the Assembly is not presently sitting), what caused it to now suddenly go viral? 020
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The long term consequence of rebranding the proposed Canadian Legislative Council to the Senate during the Confederation debates. 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I find this passage to be very confusing given at the end of the day they are both appointed positions where there is no obligation for a Premier to be elected by anyone. 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026As part of the vetting process, as the LG is appointed by the Governor in Council (on the recommendation by the Prime Minister), my guess is that it would be based on the standard for being functionally bilingual in federal second language exams. If you can't pass the test, you get screened out. 020
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026What would likely happen is there would now be a requirement to have a BBB or CBC as a language test prior to going any further in appointment. If you don't make it, you are screened out preventing the appointment. 010
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026There is a lot of (as expected) threading the needle on paragraph 118 between two different appointed positions: LG and Premier. A better administrative argument would be the delegation aspect they touched on. Harder for the LG to delegate their role compared to the Premier 020
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The ruling however does not impact the validity of any Order in Council, Royal Assent or any other action by former Lieutenant Governor Brenda Murphy. However an appointment of an unilingual LG would be invalid if it happened in the future. #nbpoli #cdncrown #cdnlaw #cdnpoli 143
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The Supreme Court of Canada held that the New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor must be bilingual in accordance with section 16(2) of the Charter. The Charter limits the appointment process of the LG under s.58 of the Constitution Act, 1867. #nbpoli #cdnpoli #cdnlaw #cdncrown 175
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Important #nbpoli Supreme Court of Canada ruling out on Friday on whether the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick must be bilingual. #cdnlaw 0113
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 05/06/2026In the June 6th Canada Gazette, Parks Canada employee Scott Reid was given permission to seek nomination and be a candidate as a councilor for Fundy Albert 3 days before the New Brunswick Municipal election!!! Mr Reid was successfully elected as a councilor #nbpoli #cdnpoli 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 01/06/2026This application for judicial review is unlikely to be successful. The laws regarding an MP's sessional allowance are quite clear and Parliamentary Privilege means it is up to the House of Commons itself not the individual MP to grant an exception. #cdnpoli #nbpoli #cdnlaw 041
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026PEI will be thrilled with the suggestion that it lose 2 seats. When it entered Confederation, it had 6 seats. The entire Senate floor rule in the constitution was to address the relative decline of influence of the Maritimes in an ever expanding Commons. 100
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 22/05/2026In the context that if there is a subsequent attempt to suggest that voting yes for independence in a non binding referendum is the same as voting yes in a binding referendum. Makes any legal proceedings a lot clearer as the Court would take judicial notice of the decision of the House of Commons. 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I am having the same thought exercise, I could envision a situation of the Commons taking up the matter to provide a definitive answer that there is no clear expression of the will of the population so the government of Canada can unequivocally say it has no authority to negotiate. 101
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Just like that it is back again. Time to review bills. 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Oh no the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly website is offline. 100
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Annex 2, which would have been shared with the Queen's Private Secretary and presumably the Queen would have been apprised of, was the Government's legislative / political strategy regarding the need to appoint 8 additional Senators. 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026S.26 is one of the few parts of the Constitution that requires the King's approval that cannot be delegated to the Governor General. 100
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026In the Archives, I came across the Government of Canada's complete legal record surrounding the appointment of 4 or 8 additional Senators per s.26 of the Constitution Act, 1867. This is a letter to the Governor General from PCO and includes communication with the Queen's Private Secretary #cdnpoli 110
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Mes commentaires fait à Acadie Nouvelle sur les raisons pour lesquelles l'interdiction des feux de forêt au Nouveau-Brunswick diffère de celle de la Nouvelle-Écosse #nbpoli Forêts fermées en N.-É. jugées «déraisonnables»: quel impact pour le N.-B.? www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2...acadienouvelle.comForêts fermées en N.-É. jugées «déraisonnables»: quel impact pour le N.-B.?La Cour suprême de Nouvelle-Écosse a jugé «déraisonnable» l’interdiction de pénétrer dans les forêts de cette province l’été dernier, une mesure visant à 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 22/04/2026It is a safe bet that the motion won't be debated after 4 pm next Tuesday. 100
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The motion was never introduced as the MLA subsequently and controversially rejoined the government caucus. 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 22/04/2026In 2006, after a government MLA quit caucus altering the balance of power in the New Brunswick Assembly, the opposition proposed changing committee composition to reflect the new minority government. #nbpoli 100
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Technically, it is still a minority government as the Clerk has not received the certificates of election nor have the new members taken the oath to be able to sit and vote. So there would presumably be a delay before voting on the motion. 100
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Due to the death of candidate in the election for Saint Andrews Ward 3 The s.17(5) of New Brunswick Municipal Elections Act requires the election for that ward to be cancelled and a new by-election called within 3 months #nbpoli #cdnlaw 000
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Parliament Hill has its own micro climate with a wall of fog between West Block and Confederation. 1121
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Effective April 1st (no joke), the NB Cabinet now allows folks in a dinning room licensed premise to drink liquor while standing by repealing s.33 of NB Regulation 84-265. #nbpoli #cdnlaw 120
Lyle Skinner @lyleskinner.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This information re the 2nd parliament is just silly. There is clearly a minority government and a majority government. 000
