In the House Part II The Parliamentary System

In the House – Part II The Parliamentary System - the Legislative Branch

Shape of the class Admin Review of the Executive Branch I’m Just a Bill Critical question Prep time Simulation Wrap-up and check out

I’m Just a Bill… Watch and enjoy but think… What are some of the differences we know between the US and the Canadian system that you know about already? What are some other things that might seem different?

Critical question ? How does our government create laws? Some things to think about… Who thinks up laws? How do we pass them?

The House of Commons Made up of elected MPs from all over Canada Each seat represents an electoral riding What does this chart tell you about representation?

House of Commons The Parliamentary system is a sort of hybrid Executive branch sits inside the Legislative branch Problems that can occur?

Bill 2 Law First Reading Formality, just an introduction Second Reading Debate “in principle” Committee The nitty gritty…. Third Reading Last chance To the Senate! “Sober second thought” Royal Assent

Your Turn! We are going to simulate how a bill becomes a law Break up into these groups… Take some time to read over the text and see who does what

Fishbowl While one group is doing the simulation, the rest of us will be observing. Please be respectful, because it’ll be your turn soon enough. Try to see how your portion of the process is connected to each of the others. Do we need all of them? Is one more important than the others?

Wrap-up and check out Tomorrow; Senate debate, read the text Exit slip On a scale of 1 -5… I think the Canadian system for passing bills makes sense/is not good because…