The Constitution of Canada

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Identifikator:: 1895543282

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-242408

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Munro, Joseph Edwin Crawford http://d-nb.info/gnd/1113111038

Title:: The Constitution of Canada

Place of publication:: Cambridge

Publisher:: Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1889

Scope:: XXXVI, 356 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. 115 The Speaker then reports to the House that his Excel- i lency the Governor-General has that day made a speech t0 Speech. both Houses of Parliament of which he has obtained a copy. The speech is entered on the journals as read, and a member of the Government then moves that the speech be taken into consideration on a future day. When this is agreed to, formal resolutions are passed appointing standing committees, and the librarian’s report and other papers are presented. In England the Queen’s Speech is invariably taken into consideration on the same day on which it is delivered; but in Canada, though the custom is to debate the Speech on the following day, yet when important matters are likely to come up for debate its consideration may be postponed for a time. An instance of this occurred in 1873, when the House thought it advisable to consider at once matters relative to the Cana- dian Pacific Railway®. A resolution for an address in reply to the Speech is moved and seconded. Each paragraph of the resolution is Put as a separate resolution, and a general debate may take Place on such paragraph and amendments may be moved. When the resolution has been agreed to, it is referred pro forma to a Committee to prepare and report the draft of an address. The Chairman of this Committee reports the address, which is read a second time and usually agreed to without any discussion. The address is then ordered to be engrossed and presented to the Governor-General by such members of the House as are Privy Councillors. On the opening of a New Parliament the Senators meet Proesed In their chamber, and the Speaker informs the House when Senate, the Governor-General will proceed to open the session. If & new Speaker has been appointed by the Governor- General® the Clerk of the House, as soon as the Senate has met, reads the Commission making the appointment, and the Speaker-elect is conducted to the Chair by two prominent 1 Can. Com. J., 1873, Oct. sess. p- 119. 2B. N. A A, 1867, s. 34. 8-—2

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