WSDB 398/2
Workshop Materials
WSDB 398 Library Workshop - powerpoint
The Legislative Process: How laws are made in Canada - handout
Government Documents
Parliamentary (Debates/Hansard, Journals, & Bills)
Historical (1875 – 1994/96) House of Commons & Senate debates (hansard), journals, bills, and committees can be accessed online through the database, Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resource: http://parl.canadiana.ca/
Current (1994/96 – present) House of Commons & Senate debates (hansard), journals and committees, can be accessed online, through the Parliament website: http://www.parl.ca/
Text of bills (2001-present), background information, legislative summaries and speeches can be accessed online, through LEGISinfo: http://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/
Acts & Statutes
Consolidated Acts (Justice Canada) - up-to-date laws in Canada: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/
Annual Statutes (2001-present): https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/index.html
HeinOnline Academic Core Collection - Acts of the Parliarment of Canada (Annual Statues of Canada) - 1792-2018: https://clues.concordia.ca/record=e1001508
Revised Statues of Canada (1985) in print: https://clues.concordia.ca/record=b3234393
Special Joint Committee on the Consitution (SJC)
A) Collection: Special Joint Committee on the Constitution, 1980-81 Evidence: https://primarydocuments.ca/special-joint committee-on-the-constitution-of-canada-1980-1981/
SJC on Course Reserve for WSDB 398 (in the Webster Course Reserves room on LB2, area 5 & 6 on the map):
- Senate House of Commons: Minutes of proceedings... NOS 1-17 1980
- Senate House of Commons: Minutes of proceedings... NOS 18-32 1980
- Senate House of Commons: Minutes of proceedings... NOS 33-46 1980
- Senate House of Commons: Minutes of proceedings... NOS 47-57 1980
B) Briefs/Submissions to the Special Joint Committee on the Constitution, 1980-81 Canada's Human Rights History: https://historyofrights.ca/archives/special-joint-committee-constitution-1980-1/