Talk:Bills C-1 and S-1

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In what article can we read about the original need for these bills--how they came about? I imagine at one time, Parliament was limited to the issue for which they were called--how was that enforced? How did that change? Locarno (talk) 18:43, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is all we have about them for now. If you find another sources that talks about them, please tell us about so that we can write more. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 18:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the 2nd session of the 40nd parliament, i.e. on jan 26 2009, bill C-1 was ordered printed. This appears to be a unique event--in none of the previous sessions on record was it printed. As a result C-1 now appears on the Parliamentary website and you can read its text--in all previous sessions it simply never appears in the record since it is not ordered printed. Anyone know what the meaning, if any, of this is?

I'm not sure why they would start that. Maybe after they started putting bills online they were getting too many complaints about C-1 and S-1 being missing from the records. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 19:04, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In British Columbia, Bill 1 spells out a bit more of the history, http://www.leg.bc.ca/39th2nd/1st_read/gov01-1.htm

"Introducing it at this point in the opening proceedings of this Legislative Assembly is a tradition that dates back to the reign of Elizabeth I when, on March 22, 1603, Parliament first recorded this assertion of independence from the Crown for purposes of legislation." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.93.51 (talk) 20:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I seem to recall, from Forsey's "How Canadians Govern Themselves" that, on one occasion, Bill C-1 was used to order railway workers back to work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.93.51 (talk) 20:05, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a quote from the text, found at http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/SenatorEugeneForsey/book/chapter_7-e.html

"This formal reassertion of an ancient right of the Commons has been of very great practical use in Canada more than once. In 1950, for example, a nationwide railway strike demanded immediate action by Parliament. So the moment the House came back from the Senate Chamber, the prime minister introduced Bill C-1, but this time no dummy; it was a bill to end the strike and send the railway workers back to work, and it was put through all its stages, passed by both houses, and received Royal Assent before either house considered the Speech from the Throne at all. Had it not been for the traditional assertion of the right of the Commons to do anything it saw fit before considering the speech, this essential emergency legislation would have been seriously delayed." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.93.51 (talk) 20:08, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]