Regulatory State: Parliamentary Procedure

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Regulatory State Parliamentary Procedure

• September 18, 2007

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Framework for law-making themes

• Rule of Law
• Constitutional supremacy
• Different Functions of legislative, executive,
  judicial branches of government
• Parliamentary supremacy
• Federalism
• Statutory authority
• Judicial independence

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A central tension for Parliament

• Freedom to legislate but
• Subject to rule of law

Can they do that and who is going to stop them?
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Examples

• Bacon v. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp
• Turner v. Canada
• Wells v. Newfoundland
• Canada (House of Commons v. Vaid)

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Take a yellow, green or purple piece of paper

• Yellow develop your two best arguments on why
  Parliamentarians should be immune from human
  rights law .
• Purple develop your two best arguments on why
  Parliamentarians should not be immune from human
  rights law
• Green You are the judge