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 Aairs 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

Aairs, 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 specically 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.