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The presiding officer of the body is the Speaker of the CanadianSenate who is appointed by the Governor General of Canada on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The Senate tends to only exercise its power when the House of Commons is dominated by a rival party, such as the period during the infamous GST debate in the late-1980s to 1990s.
The Canadian political landscape was significantly altered at the end of 2003 by the arrival of Paul Martin as new Liberal leader and prime minister and by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservatives to form the new Conservative Party of Canada.
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The Senate is an unelected body, consisting of 105 members appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The Senate came into existence in 1867, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the British North America Act, uniting the Province of Canada (which was separated into Quebec and Ontario), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single federation, called the Dominion of Canada.
The Opposition equivalent is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Canada)Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, who is selected by his or her counterpart in the House, the Leader of the Opposition.
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The ability of Senators to represent their regions is muted, however, by the fact that almost all Senators have been appointed by a Prime Minister from either Quebec or Ontario, and are thus are people who usually reflect the central Canadian view, even if they come from one of the regions.
The Senate tends to only exercise its power when the House of Commons is ruled by a rival party, as occurred during the infamous GST[?] debate in the late 1980s.
The Senate in the original draft was very powerful, it received veto power over all legislation except for monetary matters that were not ‘fundamental policy changes.’ This would have allowed it to veto important matters such as the GST and Free Trade Agreement, as well as bills concerning culture, immigration, and language among others.
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The $4000 property holding requirement was designed to ensure members of the Senate would represent an economic elite in contrast to the presumably less wealthy and less educated members of the lower house.
The Senate tends to only exercise its power when the House of Commons is dominated by a rival party, such as the period during the infamous GST debate in the late 1980s.
At the time, the Senate was controlled by the Liberal Party and the Commons by the Progressive Conservatives.
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Senators hold their seats until they are 75 however (they used to be appointed for life), and so when governments change, a defeated party can hold a majority of Senate seats for years after a new party takes office.
James: The senate has one prime function in Canadian politics — a place to put politicians who have outlived their electoral usefulness or for party backroomers who are unelectable.
The new senator is entitled to hold his or her seat until his or her 75th birthday, after which he or she must retire.
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Honourable senators, it is no simple task to identify the actual and precise number of women killed by spouses using firearms.
More on this in ``The Long List of "Gun-Control" Myths'', available from: http://www.rkba.org/research/rkba.faq ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/talk.politics.guns/ There are now some 31 states that have non-discretionary CCW laws and those states have enjoyed lower crime and murder rates.
Canadian women are as likely as as men to be victims of crime; however, weapons were used against 31% of men compared to 19% of women [3].
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada no longer exists but SenatorsLowell Murray, Norman K. Atkins and William Doody refused to join the new Conservative Party of Canada and continue to sit as a Progressive Conservativescaucus despite the dissolution of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Some Western Canadians such as Preston Manning propose the creation of a Triple-E Senate (for "Elected, Equal and Effective") modelled on the United States Senate in which Senators would be elected with each province being equally represented.
This proposal has failed to gain support in Ontario or Quebec, the two provinces which would have the most to lose in terms of representation if the proposal was implemented.
The ad consisted of a simple list of citations of Bible passages -- not including texts -- which religious conservatives commonly quote when attacking equal rights for persons who engage in same-sex behavior.
Beside the list was a symbol consisting of two male stick figures holding hands, a diagonal slash, and a red circle indicating prohibition.
One of the six passages listed was Leviticus 20:13 which, in most English translations appears to call for the execution by stoning of any sexually active gay male who has engaged in anal intercourse.
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List of members of the (Click link for more info and facts about Senate of Canada) Senate of Canada in order of (Higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service) seniority in the Senate.
(A Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949) Newfoundland and Labrador (Harbour Main-Bell Island)
(A Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949) Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland and Labrador)
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Very few CanadianSenators have ever resigned their seat to for a position in the Canadian House of Commons but six have.
Name Party Date Appointed Date Elected Senate to Commons Joseph Édouard Cauchon Conservative 1867 1872 Peter Mitchell Liberal-Conservative 1867 1872 Archibald Woodbury McClean Liberal-Conservative 1869 1881 John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1891 1892 William Templeman Liberal 1897 1906 Robert René de Cotret Progressive Conservative19791984
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For resources on world cultural regions, see WCSU List: Area Studies.
For world area maps, see WCSU List: Geography.
Other WCSU lists of internet resources: [Anthropology] [Area Studies] [Economics] [Geography] [Social Sciences] [Sociology] [CSU and CT Libraries, Danbury and Misc.
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To view the federal political experience of a Senator, click on one of the underlined names listed below.
In the entitled field "End of Term", retirement means the senator retired at the age of 75 pursuant to the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, R.S. 1985, c.
Voluntary retirement means the senator willingly took advantage of the above act, having been summoned to the Senate before June 1, 1965.
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The list ranks "America's fastest-growing private companies." Resources on the site include the 2003list in rank order, a searchable database of all lists back to 1982, a six-page report with numerous statistics from the 2003 rankings, and a geographic breakdown of the 2003list.
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is a joint effort by the Université Laval and the University of Toronto.
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Following is a list of senators from each party and province, clickable to their e-mail address if available.
For senators with no e-mail, you can write to them at:
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