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| | Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | When a Government has lost the confidence of the House of Commons, the Prime Minister is obliged to either resign, or request the Governor General to dissolve Parliament, thereby precipitating a general election. | | | The presiding officer of the House of Commons (centre) is known as the Speaker. | | | The mace is subsequently laid upon the Table of the House of Commons for the duration of the sitting. |
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| | Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Canada - Elections to the House of Commons |
| | The Parliament of Canada consists of a lower chamber, the House of Commons, whose members are directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a maximum term of five years, and an upper chamber, the Senate, whose members are appointed on a provincial basis and may hold office until they are 75 years of age. | | | Between 1962 and 1980, eight federal elections were held in Canada, five of which (1962, 1963, 1965, 1972 and 1979) resulted in minority governments, as no party won an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons. | | | Although both the government and the National Assembly of Quebec rejected the agreements under which the Canada Act was passed and denounced the political legitimacy of the Constitution Act, 1982, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the province was legally bound by the Act. |
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| | Charlottetown.txt |
| | No Minister of the Crown and no member of the House of Commons, a legislative assembly of a province or a legislative authority of a territory may be elected, sit or vote as a senator. | | | Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly of a province and to be qualified for membership therein.'' 25. | | | Sections 99 and 100 apply in respect of the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada. |
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| | Speaker-for-a-Day: Canada's Parliamentary System |
| | Exploring the role and function of the Speaker of the House of Commons through use of the on-line tour of the Houses of Parliament. | | | As spokesperson, the speaker communicates between the Governor General and the Government, including leading the House through the halls of the parliament buildings to the Senate at the opening of parliament and when Royal Assent is given to legislation. | | | It is the Speaker's duty to interpret these rules impartially, maintain order in the House, and defend Members' rights and privileges. |
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| | Canada - Constitution Act 1867 - [Part 2] The House of Commons |
| | Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick shall, for the Purposes of the Election of Members to serve in the House of Commons, be divided into Electoral districts as follows: | | | In case of a Vacancy happening in the Office of Speaker by Death, Resignation, or otherwise, the House of Commons shall with all practicable Speed proceed to elect another of its Members to be Speaker. | | | The Speaker shall preside at all Meetings of the House of Commons. |
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| | Parliament of Canada Act |
| | (1) The direction and control of the Library of Parliament and the officers, clerks and servants connected therewith is vested in the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Commons assisted, during each session, by a joint committee to be appointed by the two Houses. | | | The Clerk of the House of Commons is the Secretary to the Board. | | | ( a) the Speaker of the Senate or the House of Commons; |
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| | Medicinal Marijuana -- House of Commons -- Canada |
| | The House resumed consideration of the motion, of the amendment and of the amendment to the amendment. | | | The House resumed from April 14, 1999, consideration of the motion, of the amendment and of the amendment to the | | | Health Canada to use marijuana after fighting in the courts for years. |
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| | The Speaker - House of Commons Canada - Welcome! |
| | On January 29, 2001, my colleagues in the House of Commons elected me to be their Speaker, the 34th person to hold the office in Canada. | | | In June 2004, I was re-elected Member for Kingston and the Islands, and on October 4th, acclaimed Speaker of the House of Commons. | | | Having already served as a Member of Parliament for 13 years, I was honoured to be chosen for such an important and challenging role. |
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| | Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The House of Commons came into existence in 1867, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the British North America Act, uniting the Province of Canada (which was separated into Quebec and Ontario), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into a single federation called the Dominion of Canada. | | | The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. | | | Moreover, the Government of Canada is responsible solely to the House of Commons; the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of the Lower House. |
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| | Father of the House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In Canada, the longest-serving member of the House of Commons (who is not a cabinet minister) is known as the Dean of the House. | | | The term "Father of the House" is not used in Canada. | | | The current Father of the House of Commons is Alan Williams, Labour MP for Swansea West. |
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| | Dean of the House (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In Canada the Dean of the House is the Member of the House of Commons with the longest unbroken record of service who is not a current member of the Cabinet. | | | The Dean is responsible for presiding over the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons at the beginning of each Parliament. | | | The current Dean of the House is Bill Blaikie of the New Democratic Party of Canada who has sat in the House continuously since 1979. |
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| | Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The House of Commons came into existence in 1867, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the British North America Act, uniting the Province of Canada (which was separated into Quebec and Ontario), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single federation, called the Dominion of Canada. | | | Moreover, the Government of Canada is responsible solely to the House of Commons; the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of the Lower House. | | | The presiding officer of the House of Commons (centre) is known as the Speaker. |
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| | Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the lower house and is elected by fellow MPs. | | | The Speaker's role in Canada is similar to that of Speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the Westminster system (see Speaker of the House of Commons). | | | The Speaker's counterpart in the upper house is the Speaker of the Canadian Senate. |
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| | Canadian House of Commons approves same-sex marriage - Wikinews |
| | The adoption of this bill ends a longstanding political and judicial debate in Canada, with the House of Commons referring the issue to the Supreme Court of Canada last year, only to have it handed back to them by the judges. | | | The bill presented to the House of Commons by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin has passed mainly because of support by the left-wing New Democratic Party of Jack Layton and the support of the separatist Bloc Québécois, which enabled it to overcome the staunch opposition of the Conservative Party. | | | Those tensions have also been felt in the House of Commons itself, when Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper said on Monday, anticipating that the C-38 bill would be adopted, that the vote would "lack in legitimacy" since the bill would pass because of an unnatural alliance between the federalist Liberals and the separatist Bloc Québécois. |
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| | Wikinfo Prime Minister of Canada |
| | In particular, their goal is to find ways to change the insignificant and ineffectual role of elected members of the House of Commons, to create a Parliamentary committee to review appointments to the Supreme Court, and the need to abolish or radically restructure the appointed Senate. | | | The Prime Minister of Canada, the head of the Canadian government, is the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. | | | If a minority government is in power, a vote of non confidence in the House of Commons may lead to a quick election (9 months in the case of the most recent Canadian minority government, the Clark government of 1979-1980). |
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| | Father of the House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In Canada, the longest-serving member of the House of Commons (who is not a cabinet minister) is known as the Dean of the House. | | | However, a minister of the Crown is prohibited from presiding at the election of a speaker in the House of Commons; therefore, a minister is never considered the Father of the House, even if that minister is more senior than any other member. | | | In the House of Commons, the most important duty of the Father of the House is to preside over the election of a new Speaker, should that office be vacant at the beginning of a Parliament. |
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| | Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The new Canadian Parliament consisted of the Queen (represented by the Governor General), the Senate and the House of Commons. | | | The House of Commons came into existence in 1867, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the British North America Act, uniting the Province of Canada (which was separated into Quebec and Ontario), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single federation, called the Dominion of Canada. | | | The presiding officer of the House of Commons (centre) is known as the Speaker. |
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| | Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy |
| | Parliament -- both the House of Commons and the Senate -- has thus refused to moderate the harshness of the present law, and has in fact expanded the reach of Canada's drug laws. | | | December 23, 2003: Supreme Court of Canada rules that Parliament has the constitutional right to prohibit cannabis possession using the criminal law. | | | Court says that subjecting travellers crossing the Canadian border to potential embarrassment is the price to be paid in order to achieve the necessary balance between an individual's privacy interest and the compelling countervailing state interest in protecting the integrity of Canada's borders from the flow of dangerous contraband materials. |
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| | Speakers of the Canadian House of Commons - Resources |
| | "Thomas Bain." In: Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23,1896. | | | Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Election of the Speaker, Ottawa: House of Commons, 1997. | | | Morton, Mildred, The administrative organization of the House of Commons: the role of the Speaker and the senior officers, Updated 14 January 1986 by Bruce Carson, Ottawa: Law and Government Division, Research Branch, Library of Parliament, 1986. 7 leaves. |
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| | Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the lower house and is elected by fellow MPs. | | | The Speaker's role in Canada is similar to that of Speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the Westminster system (see Speaker of the House of Commons). | | | It is also the Speaker's duty to act as a liaison with the Senate and the Crown. |
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| | Canadian House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The House of Commons came into existence in 1867, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the British North America Act, uniting the Province of Canada (which was separated into Quebec and Ontario), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single federation, called the Dominion of Canada. | | | The new Canadian Parliament consisted of the Queen (represented by the Governor General), the Senate and the House of Commons. | | | Members of the Government sit on the benches on the Speaker's right, while members of the Opposition occupy the benches on the Speaker's left. |
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| | Carolyn Parrish: Canadian Leftist Mouthpiece |
| | Only Cabinet ministers, Ministers of State, parliamentary secretaries, the Speaker of the House, the Dean of the House (the MP with the longest continuous service who's not a Minister) and the Leader of the Opposition are given the title of Honorable. | | | Canadian Liberal Member of Parliament Carolyn Parrish, a backbench member of Canada& ruling Liberal Party, outdid her usual crude and boorish self last week when she appeared on a comedy show televised by the leftist, taxpayer-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and stomped on a George Bush doll with her boot. | | | Two years ago, Parrish even headed a nine-member parliamentary delegation of leftist and liberal MPs on a trip to Palestine and Israel that was funded by a Palestinian cultural center, the Palestine House, in Mississauga. |
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| | Speakers of the Canadian House of Commons - Resources |
| | "Thomas Bain." In: Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23,1896. | | | J.G. Blanchet, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada." Canadian Illustrated News 19 (Feb. 22, 1879): 117. | | | Morton, Mildred, The administrative organization of the House of Commons: the role of the Speaker and the senior officers, Updated 14 January 1986 by Bruce Carson, Ottawa: Law and Government Division, Research Branch, Library of Parliament, 1986. 7 leaves. |
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| | Canadian House Drugs Committee Calls for Cannabis Decrim, Safe Injection Sites, Heroin Maintenance |
| | The Canadian House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs recommended this week that Canada decriminalize the possession and cultivation of up to 30 grams of cannabis, that safe injection sites for intravenous drug users be allowed to open, and that heroin be made available by prescription. | | | With the House of Commons committee report, Canada appears that much closer to enacting substantive harm reduction programs for hard drugs and decriminalization of marijuana. | | | Now both houses of parliament have spoken clearly and eloquently for reform of the drug laws, and the governing Liberal Party appears ready to act. |
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| | Canada - Constitution Act 1867 - [Part 2] The House of Commons |
| | The Governor General shall from Time to Time, in the Queen's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, summon and call together the House of Commons. | | | Canada - Constitution Act 1867 - [Part 2] The House of Commons | | | In case of a Vacancy happening in the Office of Speaker by Death, Resignation, or otherwise, the House of Commons shall with all practicable Speed proceed to elect another of its Members to be Speaker. |
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| | Building the Future - Appendix B |
| | Special Joint Committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons on the Constitution of Canada (1970-1972). | | | Potential Future Governmental Arrangements for the Canadian Capital Area: A Brief Presented to the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons on the Constitution of Canada, September 1970, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. | | | Beauchesne, A. Memorandum for His Honour The Speaker re Congested Quarters Occupied by the Staff of the House of Commons, to Rodolphe Lemieux, Speaker of the House of Commons, January 16, 1930. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Canadian Senate |
| | Moreover, the Government of Canada is responsible solely to the House of Commons; the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of the Lower House. | | | The Senate is the upper house of Parliament, whereas the House of Commons is the lower house. | | | The Speaker of the Canadian Senate is the presiding officer of the Canadian Senate. |
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| | Laurier-Speeches-House of Commons, November 29, 1910-First Among Equals |
| | This House, while declaring its unalterable devotion to the British Crown, is of opinion, that the Bill now submitted for its consideration changes the relations of Canada with the empire and ought in consequence to be submitted to the Canadian people in order to obtain at once the nation's opinion by means of a plebiscite. | | | The House regrets that the speech from the Throne gives no indication whatever of the intention of the government to consult the people on its naval policy and the general question of the contribution of Canada to imperial armaments. | | | friend, should, when the House is sitting on the 10th of February, 1909, by an order in council, without consultation with the House in any way, receive the sanction of the government? |
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| | BIGpedia - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online |
| | The Queen-in-Parliament (the Queen, acting with the advice and consent of Parliament), in each country, is an integral part of Parliament, along with the upper and lower houses. | | | She is also descended from the Scottish royal house, the House of Stuart, which can be traced back to the 9th century. | | | In October 1957 she made a state visit to the United States, and in 1959 she made a tour of Canada. |
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