HOW ARE LAWS MADE IN CANADA AT THE FEDERAL AND PROVINCAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT?
HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW
Cabinet Minister has a idea for a bill
Idea explained to Cabinet
Cabinet approves the idea
lawyers draft bill
Cabinet committee examine bill
Cabinet and Caucus approve bill
Bill is introduced to the House Of Commons or Senate for the first reading.
Second reading
House debates and votes on principle on bill
Parliamentary committee examines bill
House Amends bill
Third reading, debate and vote
Bill passes house
Senate examines, debates, amends bill
Bill passes Senate
Governor General gives formal assent; Bill is now a law
PASSING A BILL - BROKEN DOWN
1st reading
2nd reading
Committee stage
Report stage
3rd reading
Senate
Royal Assent
WHO CAN SUBMIT BILLS INTO LAWS?
Any member of the House of Commons or the Senate may introduce a bill and submitted into a law afterwards by the Governor General.
A News Article That Illustrates The Law Making Process.
A former tax specialist Rocco Galati in the federal department of justice is planning to challenge B.C.’s new tax on foreign homebuyers. The law is a violation of section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which mentions, discrimination on the basis of, among other things, national origin.
The law is a violation of the Charter Rights and freedoms.
Ratification process of bill creation in the House of Commons comes in the form of a MP vote.
The law can be passed by the "notwithstanding clause", which lets the governor general to pass a bill that violates the specific rights and freedoms.