Work of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee During P-42
Author | Gregory Tardi |
Pages | 51-52 |
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WORK OF THE SENATE LEGAL
AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE DURING P-42
e Legal and Constitutional Aairs Committee (LJCJ) of the Senate
draws its mandate from Rule -.() of the Rules of the Senate.
Legal and Constitutional Afairs
12-7.(7) the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional
Aairs, to which may be referred matters relating to legal and constitutional
matters generally, including:
(a) federal-provincial relations,
(b) administration of justice, law reform and any related matters,
(c) the judiciary,
(d) all essentially juridical matters, and
(e) private bills not specically assigned to another committee, including
those related to marriage and divorce.
is is the committee charged with perusal of bills relating to election
law when they are forwarded to the Upper Chamber from the Com-
mons. However, by convention, considering that the Senate recognizes
the parliamentary body primarily interested in matters of election is the
House of Commons, it exercises a degree of constitutional self-restraint
in dealing with such bills.
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