Eugene Forsey

“The whole of our parliamentary and cabinet system is a matter of custom, not of law.”

“The Senate is the sober second thought in legislation.”

“The Crown is the personification of the state.”

“The first and most essential of all the unwritten conventions of our constitution is that the Queen reigns, but does not rule.”

“Responsible government means that the cabinet is responsible to the House of Commons.”

“The powers of the Crown are the powers of the people.”

“In Canada, the head of state is the Queen, but the head of government is the Prime Minister.”

“The Governor-General is not a mere rubber stamp.”

“Prorogation ends a session of Parliament; dissolution ends a Parliament.”

“It is the cabinet which governs, and which is responsible to the House of Commons for governing.”

“Any single-chamber legislature is a tyranny.”