2008 issue - 26th edition Governor General and Staff: Biography, role, description of Office ...
The Senate:
The only book in circulation offering each Senator´s photograph, biography, addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, committee service and more.
House of Commons:
Each Member´s biography; photograph; parliamentary and committee service; e-mail address, fax and telephone numbers for Parliament and constituency offices; results of each election since Confederation. Also: for each constituency, socio-economic profile and population figures.
Library of Parliament:
- Role, history, responsibilities, organization, programs etc.
- Bilingual in facing columns on each page.
- "Quick Find" FAX Directory of Senators and MPs.
Also includes: The Canadian Parliamentary Process, Cabinet Minister List, Parliamentary Secretaries List, Table of Precedence for Canada, Table of Titles used in Canada, alphabetical constituency listing, detailed election results for each riding since Confederation, and Parliamentary E-mail and Fax Directory.
About the Author:
John Bejermi began his career at fourteen as a House of Commons Page. His educational background includes political science and business administration. Hislove of Parliament led to his creating and teaching a course at Algonquin College in Ottawa on How Parliament Works, as well as producing and hosting the longest running openline live politicalcall-in show Openline Politics on community cablevision. His The Canadian Parliamentary Handbook / le Répertoire parlementaire canadien is the only annual reference book in Canada containing individual photographs, detailed constituency data, and committee service information, as well as other valuable information about eachParliamentarian.
When first released in 1982, the book was so well received by Parliament that the Senate and the House passed separate motions of congratulations. John isone of the few House of Commons employees in the history of Parliament to have received such rare unanimous congratulations from both Houses.
His life ambition has been to inform Canadians about their Parliament. He strongly believes that when Canadians understand their Parliament, they are able touse it effectively.
