POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bicameralism, Grandfather Clause, Upper House
23 Dec 2012
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Note-taking area: prorogued: everything stops completely and shuts down, conventions - making use of unwritten rules; can"t be start brand new enforced in court. What forces conventions: responsibility not to violate them (anything wrong is. Voters should punish politicians for violating conventions unconstitutional no matter how legal it is: proroguing strategic benefit to party, legislature. Cdn parliament compromised of queen, senate and hofc. Appointed by pm; have to meet conditions. When nfld joined confederation, gave 6 more seats. Has to be even (4 or 8; 1 or 2 per region respectively) Once appointed, served until life; now, up to 75. Canada, not provincial --> remember only 4 regions. Idea: senate taken up by elder statesmen. Rare that they oppose hofc; legally, they can. But there are some where they oppose: consulting. Mulroney abortion; canada no law for abortion. Passed through hofc; but women in hofc voted against it. Seats allocated across country by population representation.
