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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Title:: Chapter I. Introduction

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INTRODUCTION. provided that in the case of occupation the occupation has lasted for one year. An income of $300 a year, or an annuity of $100 a year, if accompanied by residence of one year, also gives a vote. A son if resident with his father may be- some qualified through his father’s ownership or occupation, and a fisherman can be placed on’ the register if he owns land, boats, or fishing tackle of the value of $300. Special provision is made for giving the franchise to Indians. Duration The duration of Parliament was fixed, subject to the power of Paxlia- of the Crown to dissolve it at any time, at five years. Previous to the Union the average duration of the legislature in the old province of Canada had been three and a half years. Since the Union there have been five parliaments, the first continued practically for five years, the second was dissolved within a year, the third had an existence of four years and Sve months, the fourth did not quite complete its fourth year, whilst the fifth, which met in Feb. 1883. was not dissolved intil 1887. In the constitution of the Executive the English Constitu- tion has been followed. The executive power is vested in the Sovereign, who carries on the work of administration through a Governor-General, assisted by a body of ministers known as the Canadian Privy Council. The Governor-General is ap- pointed by the Crown, and the ministers are appointed by the Governor-General. But in accordance with the principle of “responsible government” the Governor-General is by consti- sutional practice required to select as his ministers those members whose policy obtains the confidence of the House of Commons. The position of a minister is therefore similar to that of a member of the Cabinet; but whilst the English Cabinet is “unknown to the law,” the Union Act makes sxpress provision for the constitution of the Canadian Privy Council. Governor- In all matters not directly affecting Imperial interests the General. ~ _ _ . (lepneral is required to act by the advice of his Dominion Executive.

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