POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Parliamentary Privilege
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House resolutions: expressed opinion of the house, opportunities for debate, opposition tactic, trial balloon. Adversarial system: opposition encouraged, decorum also required, parliamentary privilege, parliamentary language. Accountability: high profile, attention paid to parliament, government can be called to account. Scrutiny of spending: before: government departments present their estimates, after: public accounts committee. Senate: alternative form of representation, appointment to age 75, sober second thought. Lack of being driven by popular demand: no (cid:858)biased(cid:859) Senate representation: regional equality, 24 senators per region, regions ontario, quebec, maritimes(10 + 10 + 4), west (4 x6) + 6 for newfoundland + Feisty senate: free trade 1988, forced election, gst, 8 extra senators little used provision of the ca, 1867. Senate reform: harper wanted to limit term to 9 years(potentially renewable, consultative elections from provinces, provinces suggest names of senators, trudeau wa(cid:374)ts to appoi(cid:374)t (cid:858)i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t worthies(cid:859) o(cid:374) (cid:373)erit.
