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• Title: Time Allocation in the House of Commons: Silencing Parliamentary Democracy Or Effective Time Management?
• Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
• Release Date : January 01, 2000
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 292 KB

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Is "time allocation" the best means by which to silence the opposition or does it allow rather for effective time management in the House of Commons? In 1969, the Trudeau government adopted, not without a vigorous reaction from opposition parties, a new procedure that allotted a certain period of time for a debate, reducing the use of closure. Despite promises that this measure would never be used, 150 time allocation motions were adopted by the House of Commons since December 1971. This article analyses the context in which time allocation was adopted and determines which government has used it most often. The centralization of political powers in the hands of senior management within the office of the Prime Minister and the central agencies of the federal government cannot alone account for the reduction in the legislative role of Canadian Parliamentarians. In fact, changes to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons by its members over the years have limited the opportunities of private members to influence the final wording of government bills. With growing intervention by the Government of Canada in the post war economy, the number of government initiatives increased rapidly, adding to the work of the House. Accordingly, it became necessary to set up mechanisms to manage the time allocated to debate so that a final decision could be made in a reasonable period of time. However, a balance had to be struck between the right to speak for an appropriate length of time and Parliament's right to reach decisions. Since the use of closure upset this balance, the Trudeau government adopted a new procedure in the House of Commons whereby a period of time could be allocated for debate. The partisan position when this measure was adopted did not prevent its use by all federal governments since 1971, on 163 occasions. This article examines the decline of the legislative role of MPs as the result of time allocation and determines which government, from Trudeau to Chretien, have made most frequent use of it in terms of the number of seats held by the government, sitting days and bills introduced and passed.

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