4 May 2020, 10:30 a.m. (Disponible en français : Assurer les activités législatives pendant la pandémie de la COVID-19) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, legislatures around the world have had to suspend most of their activities, but many have adopted or are contemplating measures to continue their legislative work. This HillNote provides an overview of…
(Disponible en français : Vous sentez-vous prêts à légiférer?) Government legislation often overshadows the important role played by individual members of Parliament and senators in proposing laws. Since 1910, 278 bills sponsored by MPs and senators have been passed by Parliament, 43 in the 41st Parliament alone. Of the 43 receiving royal assent, some designated…
(Disponible en français : Légiférer en faveur de l’équilibre budgétaire : règles au Canada et à l’étranger) On 7 May 2015, Canada’s federal government introduced the Federal Balanced Budget Act as part of Bill C-59, the first budget implementation bill for the 2015 budget. Globally, balanced budget legislation grew in popularity in the 1990s and…