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...less a Canadian statesman than Sir Wilfred Laurier found out. The House of Commons can initiate and pass a bill; of that there is no doubt. The bill would necessarily take the form of an amendment to the British North America Act (the Canadian Constitution)± and that requires???irrespective of whether the bill were passed over the heads of the venerable Senators, which is impossible?an address from both Houses of the Canadian Parliament requesting the Mother Parliament at Westminster to amend the Act. Thus it becomes apparent that the rights and privileges of the Senate cannot be altered...
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