The list is long, but would include proposals such as lobbyist disclosure, open records laws, reducing the size of the legislature, and many, many other reform proposals.
The state house was increased from 100 to 200 and the senate from 25 to 50 members, doubling the size of both chambers.
The 1968 Convention was preceded by six previous efforts to alter the 1873 convention--all unsuccessful for a variety of reasons.
She is head if state in 15 countries apart from Great Britain and as Head of the Commonwealth she is the front person of the organization of many other former British colonies and territories.
She succeeded upon the abdication of her mother, Queen Juliana, and she closely follows affairs of government and maintains regular contact with ministers, state secretaries, the vice-President of the Council of State, the Queen's Commissioners in the provinces, burgomasters, and Dutch ambassadors etc. She meets the Prime Minister every Monday.
She is daughter of Haitian immigrants who fled the Duvalier regime in 1968, former university literature professor, social activist and veteran CBC broadcaster from Quebec, and non-political.
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