The process of creating a law and introducing it into the House of Commons is quite interesting. It begins with a member of parliament or minister filing a written notice to the clerk of the house, it then has to be at least 48 hours or two days after the notice has been filed before it can be introduced into the House of Commons, it then moves on to …show more content…
The Prime Minister (Justin Trudeau) is Canada’s Head of Government, The Prime Minister is the leader of the political party that wins the most seats within the House of Commons, He sits in the eleventh seat on the left and holds many other powers than a regular MP (ex: Senate and Supreme Court Appointments).The Cabinet are the main advisors to the prime minister and usually sit around him in parliament and each focus on a specific area of expertise (ex:Defence, Education, and Justice). The Leader of The Opposition (Interim Conservative Leader: Rona Ambrose.) is the Leader of the political party with the second most votes and is charged with leading the opposition in the House, challenging bills proposed in the house by the sitting Government. The House leaders are the leaders of each political party in the House of Commons, They go as follows Justin Trudeau for the Liberals, Thomas Mulcair for The New Democrats, Interim Leader: Rona Ambrose for the Conservatives, Elizabeth May for …show more content…
Starting in the First parliament, a law was passed to make the House of Commons a committee of supply, marking it as the day the Canadian people gained true control over our finances by having our elected MPs be the only people allowed to propose uses for it. In the year 1869 Canadian parliament buys Rupert Land from Hudson bay company, Rupert's Land is what we now know as parts of Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. In 1891 after the death of Prime Minister Sir John A.Macdonald, Sir John Abbott became the first Prime Minister to be born in Canada. In the Year 1875 the House of Commons establishes the Supreme Court. These are only some of the Major Pieces of Canada formed in the early days of the