POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Human Rights Act, Accounting, Sheilla Castro
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Bills are given a number starting with a c (ie bill c-51) to mark them as hoc creation. Bills marked with an s if from senate. When gov"t is prorogued private member bills remain while others are. Very formal documetns, writing of bill done in dept. of justice. Sometimes wording is issue of debate: introduced by minister in hoc: name, #, subject (abstract, official bill is out there, interested, 2nd reading: someone speaking in behalf of minister. May be more specific: impact, importance of bill. Referred to committee, made of mos who examine it in detail, word by word, clause by clause. If is against charter or steps on provincial jurisdication: mps represent their own party"s values. Hoc, bill must be renegotiated: bill is either dropped or passed to governor general to be given royal assent. To enhance the ability of the hoc, moniters gov"ts, holds gov"t responsible: parliamentary officers. Auditor general: reports to public accounts committee (chaired by opposition)
