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Canada Infrastructure Bank. 95 (June, 2022.) The Canada Infrastructure Bank (French: Banque de l'infrastructure du Canada) (CIB) is a federal Crown Corporation of Canada tasked with financially supporting revenue-generating infrastructure projects that are "in the public interest" by catalyzing private investment through methods such as direct ...
Canada and the United Kingdom remain the only countries to use the name "House of Commons" for a lower house of parliament. The body's formal name is: The Honourable the Commons of Canada in Parliament assembled (French: l’Honorable Chambre des communes du Canada, en Parlement assemblée [ 8 ] ) [ 9 ]
Lists of members of the Canadian House of Commons cover the members elected to the House of Commons of Canada, the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Canada. Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory. The lists of members are organized alphabetically, by age ...
Liberal Party (1873–1874)[nb 4] Alexander Mackenzie — 2nd Ministry. 95 of 200 House seats (minority) Conservative Party. Sir John A. Macdonald. 3rd Canadian Parliament. Elected 1874. 5 sessions. Feb 21, 1874.
There are 338 elected MPs, who each represent an individual electoral district, known as a riding. MPs are elected using the first-past-the-post system in a general election or byelection, usually held every four years or less. The 105 members of the Senate are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the prime minister.
House of Commons — Members. Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 25 April 2012. ^ "MP Lee Richardson resigns; will work with Alberta Premier Alison Redford" [permanent dead link]. Vancouver Sun, May 30, 2012. ^ "Bev Oda resigns as Conservative MP for Durham". Toronto Star. July 3, 2012.
The ridings are regularly reorganized according to the results of each decennial national census; [17] however, the "senatorial clause" of the Constitution Act, 1867 guarantees each province at least as many MPs as it has senators, [18] and the "grandfather clause" permits each province as many MPs as it had in either 1976 or 1985. [17]
Name Senate political affiliation Province [a] Date nominated [5] Appointed on the advice of Mandatory retirement date [5] Titles Charles Adler: Non-affiliated Manitoba: August 17, 2024 Trudeau, J. August 25, 2029 Mohammad Al Zaibak: Canadian Senators Group Ontario: January 28, 2024 Trudeau, J. August 9, 2026 Margaret Dawn Anderson