Over the course of his
nearly 17 years as a Member of Parliament,
Mr. Lee has been recognized as an expert on
Parliamentary procedure. As such, he has written
two books:
The Power of Parliamentary Houses to Send
for Persons, Papers & Records: A
Sourcebook on the Law and Precedent of Parliamentary
Subpoena Powers for Canadian and Other Houses;
and
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Bench Exercises: Some Procedural Changes and Attitude to Strengthen
Our House.
The first volume, written in 1999, has been
widely recognized as an important resource,
and is now a part of Parliamentary library
collections in both Canada and elsewhere,
as well as in most Canadian provincial legislatures.
"[This
book] is a splendid contribution to the
rather sparse set of publications on procedure
in Canadian legislatures currently available."
Peter
Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons
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Bench Exercises, meanwhile, has served as
an excellent source of ideas for Parliamentarians,
and many of its recommendations have been
actually adopted since its 2002 publication.
Given its success, Mr. Lee has begun work
on a follow-up edition. |