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Chapter 4 The Legislature Flashcards

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What are the three functions of Canada’s Parliament?

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  1. Pass Laws
  2. Represent Canadians
  3. Scrutinize government
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How do you pass a law?

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H.O.C

  1. First reading - Bill is introduced and explained
  2. Second Reading - Debate on the principles of the bill
  3. Committee Stage - Examined in detail
  4. Report Stage - Opportunity to move new amendments
  5. Third Stage - Final Appraisal
  6. Senate - Same Stages as H.O.C.
  7. Royal Assent - Governor-General
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What are the three types of Committees?

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  1. Standing Committees - permanent ex: agriculture
  2. Joint standing Committees - house and senate (scrutiny)
  3. Legislative Committees - set up to examine bills
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What are the two types of bills?

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  1. Public Bills

2. Private Bills

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What was Bill C-2?

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An act to amend the Income Tax Act

  • changed tax rates including raising the rate on those who make over $200,000
  • Received Royal Assent - Dec.2016
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What is the Omnibus Bill?

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Bill C-45
A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012
also amended income tax act, federal-provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Employment insurance act, and navigable waters protection act.
-received royal assent Dec.2012

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What was the Private Members bill?

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  • introduced by a member of parliament who is not a cabinet minister
  • 2016 - C-210 - An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender)
  • Changed the second line of 0 Canada from in all thy sons command to in all of us command
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What were the Party Discipline?

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  • united party caucus
  • support party line
  • Alternative: More free votes
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How many seats do each province hold to represent Canadians?

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B.C - 42
ALB - 34 
SASK - 14
MANI - 14 
ONT. - 121
QUE - 78
N.B - 10 
N.S - 11 
PEI - 4
NFLD - 7 
NWT - 1
YUK - 1 
NUN - 1
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What is the Question period?

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A 45-Minute period
Five days a week
Embarrass the government
criticize its policies

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What is the speaker of the house?

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  • elected by the house
  • Referee of the house
  • Administration duties
  • No Voting (except tiebreaker)
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What is Party Whip?

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  • maintain party caucus
  • inform members of duties
  • Important for votes
  • Minority government
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What was the challenging party discipline case #1

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Garth Turner

  • suspended from Conservative Party caucus 2006
  • claimed to have violated caucus confidentially in his blog writings.
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What was the challenging party discipline case #2

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Bill Casey

  • expelled from Conservative caucus
  • 2007 - Voted against the budget claiming that it broke the Atlantic Accord.
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What was the challenging party discipline Case #3?

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Joe Comuzzi

  • Expelled from Liberal caucus
  • 2007 - supported the Conservative Budget
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What was the challenging party discipline case #4?

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Wayne Long
Lost committee membership
2017 - Announced opposition to tax changes for private corporations and voted for a conservative motion to extend the period of consultation.

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What consists of the Bicameral Parliament?

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upper and lower houses

18
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How many members in the Canadian Senate?

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105 members

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How are members of the senate appointed?

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by the recommendation of the Prime Minister

20
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What does a Bill need in order to become law?

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they need senate approval

21
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All except B.C. has what before 1867?

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BNA colonies with two chambers called legislative council

22
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What was the Quebec Conference dominated by?

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the talk of the upper house

23
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What was also considered in 1867 BNA Act.

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An elected senate was considered

24
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What is the sober second thought?

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  • study legislature
  • scrutinize government spending proposals
  • inquire into problem areas of concern
25
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What is Senate Reform?

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  • should they be elected?
  • how long should they serve?
  • Who should they represent?
  • What should they do?
  • Long history of reform attempts
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What did the progressive party in the 1920s try to abolish?

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The senate

27
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What did the senate reform want in 1979?

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  • Pepin-Robarts Task Force on Canadian Unity recommends a new Council of the Federation
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What did Senate reform want in 1972?

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  • Special Joint Committee on the constitution recommends boosting the number of Western senators and letting the provinces pick half of the upper house.
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What did senate reform want in 1981?

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Canada West Foundation report coins the term Triple E Senate – elected, equal, effective

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What was involved in the Charlottetown Accord?

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  • Triple E Senate
  • Equal ( 6 per province )
  • Elected (directly or indirectly by the provincial and territorial legislatures)
  • Effective (greater legislative powers)
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How did the Independent Senators Group come to be?

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  • came to Senate through the application process
  • Non-partisan
  • Co-operative but independent
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How did the Progressive Senate Group come to be?

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  • formed out of the former senate Liberal caucus
  • Membership would not require whipped votes
  • would include support for the charter rights and freedoms
  • and indigenous people
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How did the Canadian Senators Group come to be?

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  • spilt from independent senators group after concern that the caucus was too large and not independent enough
  • includes former ISG members and Conservative senators

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