POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Conscience Vote, Financial Statement, Malala Yousafzai
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Authority of the crown is present in. Parliament, but the crown itself is not in. Representative of the crown is not allowed in the house of commons. Only people that are allowed in the house of commons are the elected representatives and the pages. House of commons is divided into two sides. Currently, the government side is the majority and they are the liberals. The opposition are the other parties, ndp, conservative, bloc quebecois, and the. Bloc quebecois and the green party do not have enough members to be seen as full opposition parties. At the head of the house is the speaker. The chairperson for the house of commons. Call upon various members of parliament to speak. The speaker has a lot of authority over the conduct and behaviour of the mps. The speaker can intervene in debates and eject members for unacceptable behaviour. Sometimes the speaker is not very effective at disciplining.
