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A selection of articles relating to parliamentary studies (January 2026 – March 2026)
“OECD review of the Canadian Parliamentary Budget Office”. OECD Papers on Budgeting. 1-44, February 2026
- The Review presented here is part of a series of IFI external evaluations and was commissioned at the request of the Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer in September 2025. It represents the first external review of the PBO.
Bache, Ian. “How (and when) does party matter? Explaining MPs’ positions on assisted dying/assisted suicide”. Parliamentary Affairs 79 (1): 1-21, January 2026.
- While the legalisation of assisted dying/assisted suicide (AD/AS) has enjoyed sustained public support for several decades, Parliament has repeatedly voted decisively against legalisation. This article explores this parliamentary deviation from citizens’ preferences by explaining what shapes MPs’ positions on this free vote issue and, in particular, how (and when) party matters in shaping these positions.
Barbieri, Michele, Macarie, Laura. “Faces at Stakes: Comparative Insights on Facial Recognition Technologies Policy Implementation Arrangements across the EU, the US, and the PRC”. International Review of Public Policy 8 (1): 1-27, 2026
- Facial recognition technologies (FRTs) crystallize tensions between security, innovation, and fundamental rights, as their implementation follows markedly different policy arrangements across states and geopolitical blocs. This article explores how policy implementation arrangements for FRTs shape models of digital sovereignty in the European Union (EU), the United States (US), and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Through a comparative, most-different systems design, and structured content analysis of secondary sources (laws; guidance; enforcement; grey literature), this investigation operationalizes four dimensions: regulatory frameworks; actor networks; implementation and enforcement mechanisms; and sovereignty implications. Three distinctive pathways emerge, namely, the EU’s rule-and-regulator, the US’s liability-and-localism, and the PRC’s command-and-integration, which shape digital sovereignty attributes by reflecting broader security-related strategies. The article advances a mechanism-based account linking policy implementation to sovereignty claims and offers policy recommendations for aligning policy instruments with regulatory oversight capacity.
Bengio, Yoshua. “International AI Safety Report: Extended Summary for Policymakers”. International AI Safety Report: 1-28, February 2026.
- This Extended Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the International AI Safety Report 2026.
Dell, Brendan, Gardner, Paul J., Sigalet, Geoffrey Thomas. “Parliamentary Constraints on Constitutional Review in the Supreme Court of Canada”. Canadian Journal of Political Science: 1-24, February 2026
- Since the adoption of the Charter, scholars have argued that Parliament defers to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on questions of constitutional law. This is surprising given Canada’s previous history of parliamentary supremacy, Parliament’s enforcement of Court decisions and cognate findings internationally that show how elected officials can constrain high courts.
“Undertaking a Gender-Sensitive Parliament Assessment”. The Parliamentarian – Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth 106 (4): 28-29, December 2025.
- The Jersey States Assembly undertook a Gender-Sensitive Parliament assessment with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and they share their experience of the process.