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- Notice of Motion for Leave to Introduce and Placement on the Order Paper. Forty-eight hours’ written notice is required prior to the introduction of any public bill.151 Once notice has been given for the introduction of a bill, no further notice is required in respect of the bill at the other stages of consideration, with the exception of motions to concur in Senate amendments and to amend at the report stage.
- Preparation of a Bill by a Committee. The provide that a motion to appoint or to instruct a committee to prepare a bill 154 may be moved by a Minister.155.
- Introduction and First Reading. The first real stage in the legislative process is the introduction and first reading of a bill in the House. The notice period having elapsed, the sponsor of the bill, once ready to do so, notifies the Chair of his or her intention to proceed during Routine Proceedings when the rubric “Introduction of Government Bills” (if the sponsor is a Minister) or “Introduction of Private Members’ Bills” is called.
- Reference to Committee Before Second Reading. Traditionally, adoption of the motion for second reading amounts to approval by the House of the principle of the bill.
The Speaker of the House then raises their hat, bows to the representative of the Crown, and withdraws from the chamber, returning directly to the Commons chamber, where they take the Chair and inform members that royal assent was given to certain bills and the House resumes the business that was interrupted or adjourns if the hour for adjournment has already passed.
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- What a tie vote means in the House
- Breaking a tie vote in the Senate
An unusual scene occurred on the House floor this week as the chamber's vote tally came to a tie at 215 to 215 when three House Republicans joined Democrats to oppose an effort to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Although the impasse was quickly resolved, as a fourth House Republicans changed his vote to oppose the bill in a procedural move that allows leadership to bring the legislation up again at a later date, it brought forward an issue that could come up again with a razor-thin Republican majority in the lower chamber — what happens if there's a tie vote in the House?
According to House rules, in the case of a tie vote, a question before the chamber "shall be lost." In the lower chamber, where Republicans hold just a slim majority and often see a handful of defections among their conference, there's no tie-breaker. Unlike in the Senate, where a tie-breaking vote may be cast, no one is brought in to resolve the i...
In the upper chamber, which sees tie votes with more regularity, the Vice President is called upon to cast tie-breaking votes. In recent years, with a narrow Democratic majority in the Senate, Vice President Kamala Harris has on more than 30 occasions cast a tie-breaking vote, breaking the record set almost 200 years ago.
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House Government Bill: Bill C-50, An Act respecting accountability, transparency and engagement to support the creation of sustainable jobs for workers and economic growth in a net-zero economy (report stage amendment) (Motion 17) 140 / 174 / 8: Negatived: Thursday, April 11, 2024: No. 694: House Government Bill
To become Canadian federal law, a bill must be approved in identical form by both houses of Parliament – the Senate and the House of Commons. All bills follow a process of debate, review and voting. After a bill is passed by both the Senate and the House of Commons, the Governor General grants Royal Assent and the bill becomes a law.
In the Senate, a bill is introduced by the Representative of the Government in the Senate as S-1, An Act Relating to Railways. In the House of Commons, another such bill is introduced by the Prime Minister as C-1, An Act respecting the Administration of Oaths of Office. The bills are numbered but the texts are not printed.
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The House of Commons. Canada’s parliamentary system is bicameral, meaning it has two chambers: the Senate and the House of Commons. Bills must be considered and adopted by both chambers in identical form before they are given final approval, called Royal Assent, by the Governor General or a representative.
