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• Author: Rob Walsh
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Accountability, 26, 29–30, 53
election as method of, 4, 7
holding Government to account, as,

34, 36, 42–43, 45
limits to in majority Parliament, 45 motions for the production of papers, 44–45
posing questions to Government, 43.

See also Question Period (QP)

Administration, House
resources of, 95
services provided by, 96–98
staf of, 93, 96–97
Alberta, 154n10
Auditor General Act, 44, 155n3 (ch 5) Auditor General of Canada, 44

Baldwin, Robert, 27
Bill C-1, An Act respecting the administration of oaths of oice, introduction of, 60, 75
Bill of Rights of 1689 (UK), 21–22, 29,

154n10
forming part of Canadian constitutional law, 49
outlining powers and privileges of parliamentarians, 49, 51, 53

protection for Parliamentary proceedings, 50

Bills, Appropriation
authorizing Government to spend public funds, 33. See also Public spending

introduced in House, 60, 67 voting on, 66. See also Vote
Bills, Government
origins of, 65, 67
parliamentary debates on, 41 process for passage, 63–64, 67–68,

72, 82, 86
Bills, private members’, 41–42, 63, 71 formerly called grievances, 35. See also Grievances
legislative process for, 64, 72
Birch, AH, 155n1 (ch 3)

Bloc Québécois party, 153n2
Board of Internal Economy, 94–95 Bradlaugh v Gossett, 155n5 (ch 6) British Columbia, 154n10
British North America Act (BNA), 8, 28, 31 Budget
presentation of, 60, 76
supporting House administration,

93, 98

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vote on, 45. See also Vote

ways and means motions, 65–66.
See also Ways and means

Cabinet
constituting Government, with prime minister, 34, 153n1, 154n1

part of Executive Council/Branch,

26–28, 69
Canada, Dominion of, 28, 31, 48 Canada, Province of, 9, 26–28 Canada Labour Code, 99
Canada Labour Relations Board

(CLRB), 99
Canada (House of Commons) v Vaid, 2005,

155n1 (ch 5), 155n4 (ch 6), 155n6 (ch 6)

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,

8, 40, 54
Careless, JMS, 155n3 (ch 3)

Centre Block (Ottawa), 2, 55
Charles I, King, 15, 17–19, 56, 73 Charles II, King, 20–21
Colonial Oice of British Government,

26
Committees, House
composition and chair of, 85 inquiries by, 44
judicial proceedings, as, 87 parliamentary privilege for members and witnesses, 87–88, 90–91
part of Routine Proceedings, 55, 64,
86. See also Proceedings, House proceedings protected by freedom of speech, 55, 87
role in examining bills, spending estimates, 66, 86
standing committees, 85, 97, 156n1

(ch 8), 156n2
Standing Orders of, 85 Confederation of Canada, 2, 8–9, 22,

48, 154n10
Conservative Party of Canada, 153n2

Constitution Act, 1867, 8, 22, 28, 31, 39,

41, 48
Constitution Act, 1982, 8, 40

Schedule B, 155n2 (ch 5)

Constitutional Act (Britain), 25 Convention Parliament (Britain), 20 Courts
independence of, 78, 80
part of Judicial Branch, 1, 31–32 power to review legislation, 40 respecting parliamentary privilege,

50, 52–55
Courts of Justice (Britain), 10 Criminal Code of Canada, 48, 87, 157n3 Cromwell, Oliver, 19–20
Crown
assent to legislation, 15
being held to account, 30
calling Parliament into session, 35 control of public spending by, 41 efect of Magna Carta on, 10 historically hearing grievances, 66 ministers of, 26, 30, 35, 89
not permitted to enter House of

Commons, 56
presenting parliamentary agenda, 75
relation to colonial assemblies/

Dominion of Canada, 26, 28 relation to parliamentary privilege, 49
represented by Governor General,

73–74. See also Governor General rights and prerogative powers of,

14, 80
vacancy/restoration of in Britain,

19–21. See also Monarch/

Monarchy

Debates
emergency, 42, 60, 78–79 freedom of speech during, 22, 52,

54–55
part of legislative process, 41, 67

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protected by parliamentary privilege,

50, 61, 87. See also Privilege, parliamentary
regarding private members’ business,

71
regarding supply, 77
take-note, 42, 60, 79
vehicle for holding Government
to account, 4, 45. See...