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Title: Reviving Conference Committees.
Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
Release Date : January 22, 2008
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 230 KB

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Canada is a bicameral Parliament that does not have an effective way of resolving disputes between the two Houses. Section 26 of the Constitution Act, 1867 provides for the appointment of a maximum of two additional senators for each of the four senatorial divisions in case of deadlock between the two houses. Used only once in 141 years it is the only constitutional deadlock breaking mechanism but is ineffective in dealing with day to day disagreements between the Houses. This article suggests the use of another technique, conference committees, which are provided for in the Rules of the Senate and the House of Commons but have been unused since 1947. **********