(DOWNLOAD) "Senate/ Le Senat (Legislative Reports/Rapport Legislatifs) (Canadian Senate) (Case Study)" by Canadian Parliamentary Review # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Senate/ Le Senat (Legislative Reports/Rapport Legislatifs) (Canadian Senate) (Case Study)
- Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 261 KB
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The high profile issues of climate change and Senate reform occupied much of the Senate's time during the winter of 2007. As the chamber of sober second thought, the Senate takes its role seriously and important legislation can expect to be given careful consideration, both on the floor of the Senate and in its committees. Bill C-288, the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, passed by the House of Commons under Private Members' Business, arrived in the Senate on February 15 and generated significant debate on second reading. Senators opposed to the bill questioned the powers of private members through their bills to influence Government action. The effect of this bill, they argued, would be to force the Government to propose a particular measure that it had resolved not to do. After eight days of debate it was referred to the Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Committee on March 29. Since the subject-matter of Bill S-4, an amendment to the Constitution Act 1867 (Senate tenure) and a motion to increase western representation in the Senate had been studied and reported in October 2006, the Senate gave its undivided attention to Bill S-4. It imposes a limit of eight years on the tenure of senators appointed after the bill becomes law while preserving the existing retirement age of 75. Many senators took part in debate on second reading, spread over 28 days, before the bill was referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on February 20.