Order of
business.

Public
Bills.

Introduetion.


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METHOD OF LEGISLATION.

In Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia the following
rules prevail.
On one day the order of business is:—
1. Private Bills.
2. Questions put by Members.
3. Notices of Motions.
4. Public Bills and Orders.
On two other days in the week the order is:—
I. Government Notices of Motions.
2. Government Orders.
3. Public Bills and Orders.
4. Questions put by Members.
5. Other Notices of Motions.
6. Private Bills.
On the remaining two days in the week the order is :—
Questions put by Members.
Notices of Motions.
Public Bills and Orders.
Government Notices of Motions in Quebec.
Government Orders in Quebec.
1. Private Bills.
5. Public Bills and Orders.
6. Private Bills, in Ontario.
7. Government Notices of Motions, tn Ontario.
8, Government Orders, tn Ontario.
In Nova Scotia the same order of business is followed
rom day to day.
Public Bills pass through the same stages as in the
Dominion Parliament, except that in some provinces the
consent of a second House is not required.
All Bills are introduced upon motion for leave specifying
the title of the Bill, or upon motion to appoint a committee
to prepare and bring it in: no Bill can be introduced in
blank.

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