No. 14173. Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of Mexico for the avoidance of double taxation of income derived from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic. Mexico City and Tlatelolco, 29 January 1974

AbstractDespite a rash of proposals for structural change in the government of Canada, the constitutional changes of 1982 did not bring it about. There continues to be pressure for change, especially on the part of those desiring regional representation in a strengthened second chamber. The argument of the article is that only some changes, at the limit a Bundesrat-type chamber, are compatible with the majority principle on which parliamentary government is based. An elective Senate creates problems for parliamentary government in Australia and is basically incompatible with majority rule; the introduction of such a chamber may well require the adoption of something like the United States or Swiss model. A constitutional mini-convention is proposed to negotiate such a chamber, if desired, with the first ministers prior to the employment of the new amending process.

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Pope's Mexico visit will highlight unresolved problems

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db208251 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Human Rights ◽

Mexico City ◽

Violent Crime ◽

The United States ◽

Content Type ◽

Human Rights Abuses ◽

Indigenous Groups ◽

The Government

Significance The visit will be his fourth to the Americas (following trips to Brazil in 2013, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay in July 2015 and Cuba and the United States in September 2015) and will include stops in Mexico City, the neighbouring state of Mexico, and the states of Chihuahua, Chiapas, and Michoacan -- all of which suffer from serious problems of corruption, violent crime, poverty, inequality and human rights abuses. Impacts While the Pope is popular with most Mexicans, his visit is unlikely to reverse the country's trend towards secularism. Nevertheless, it may help to improve the Church's image, especially amongst indigenous groups, and slow the progress of Protestantism. Neither the government nor the opposition -- both tainted by corruption -- will derive any direct political benefit from the visit.

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The Diversion of Waters Affecting the United States and Canada

The American Journal of International Law ◽

10.2307/2191165 ◽

1938 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 488-518 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

James Simsarian

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Nineteenth Century ◽

Great Britain ◽

Great Lakes ◽

The United States ◽

The Other ◽

Legal Rights ◽

Power Resources ◽

The Government ◽

Government Of Canada

The submission by the Government of the United States to the Government of Canada on May 28, 1938, of a rewritten draft of a Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway treaty brings to the forefront again the desirability of concluding a comprehensive agreement between the two Governments for a mutually advantageous utilization of the available navigation and power resources along the boundary basin. In view of the heightened interest in both the United States and Canada, a reexamination of the diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Great Britain and Canada since the end of the nineteenth century regarding the diversion of waters in the United States or in Canada which affected interests in the other country is opportune. It is of significance to note the positions taken by the United States and Great Britain and, later, Canada, in diplomatic negotiations and by significant municipal acts, as to the legal rights of the United States and Canada to the use or diversion of (1) boundary waters, (2) waters which are tributary (and entirely within the territory of one country) to boundary waters, and (3) waters of rivers flowing across the boundary. The distinction between the first situation and the second and third is an important one to observe.

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