Constitutional Conventions and Parliament.
By Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date: 2005-06-22
- Genre: Law
Description
There are many of formal rules that govern Parliament. Some are statutory, some common law, and others are found in the Standing Orders of the House of Commons and the Rules of the Senate. But all of these formal rules together, give only a very incomplete picture of how Parliament works and what parliamentarians should or should not do. Constitutional conventions also play an important role in the work of Parliament. This article reviews the nature of constitutional conventions and their relationship with the formal rules of the constitution. It examines a few of the more important conventions including the Governor General's choice of prime minister, the address in reply to the speech from the throne, and the issues of what constitute a matter of confidence. **********
