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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 Canadian
 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.
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