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Prorogation is the end of a parliamentary session in the Parliament of Canada and the parliaments of its provinces and territories. It differs from a recess or adjournment, which do not end a session; and differs from a complete dissolution of parliament, which ends both the session and the entire parliament, requiring an election for the House of Commons in the bicameral federal parliament ...
Citing R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for Scotland, the prorogation was challenged in the Federal Court. On January 18, 2025, the Chief Justice of the Federal Court Paul S. Crampton granted a motion to expedite the hearing timelines to preserve the possibility that a ruling that the prorogation would not be ...
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
Since the Court of Appeal decision was still the statement of law at the time of the SGEU Dispute Settlement Act, a clause was written into the act, invoking the section 33 override. [69] [70] [71] The earlier law was later found by the Supreme Court to be consistent with the Charter, meaning the use of the clause had been unnecessary. [70] [72]
The Centre Block on Parliament Hill, location of the Parliament of Canada. The 2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute, during the 40th Canadian Parliament, was triggered by the expressed intention of the opposition parties (who together held a majority of seats in the House of Commons) to defeat the Conservative minority government on a motion of non-confidence six weeks after the federal ...
The Governor General shall appoint the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts in each Province, except those of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [7] Section 96 is found in Part VII of the Constitution Act, 1867, dealing with the judicature. The section has not been amended since it was first enacted.
The Supreme Court of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday blocked new provincial laws against public consumption of illegal substances. The ruling imposes a temporary injunction ...
Volumes of the Statutes of Canada at a law library. The Statutes of Canada (SC) compiles, by year, all the laws passed by the Parliament of Canada since Confederation in 1867.