5. House of Commons Foyer
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-This is the House of
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-People come here
from all over to visit
Parliament
-Serves as the
entrance to the
Chamber and the
Ministerial Suites
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6. Follow that Bill! Quiz
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Match these Elements of the Bill to the
room in which they happened.
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7. Follow that Bill! Quiz
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Match these Elements of the Bill to the
room in which they happened.
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8. Follow that Bill! Quiz
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Match these Elements of the Bill to the
room in which they happened.
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9. Follow that Bill! Quiz
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Match these Elements of the Bill to the
room in which they happened.
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10. Follow that Bill! Quiz
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Match these Elements of the Bill to the
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11. Follow that Bill! Quiz
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Match these Elements of the Bill to the
room in which they happened.
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12. Follow that Bill! Quiz
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Match these Elements of the Bill to the
room in which they happened.
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19. Library of Parliament
People
-On May 6th, 1885, a resolution was passed in the House of
Commons that “the offices and servants of the Library of
Parliament should consist of; two officers, one to be called the
General Librarian, the other the Parliamentary Librarian, and to
hold a joint commission as “librarians of Parliament” and to
have equal powers…”
-This was amended in 1955. The Parliamentary Librarian was
given “the control and management of the library.” While the
position of General Librarian was changed to that of Associate
Parliamentarian Librarian who would “perform the duties and
functions of Parliamentarian Librarian during his
absence, illness or other incapacity, or during a vacancy in the
office of Parliamentarian Librarian”
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21. Library of Parliament
Process
- The Library of Parliament offers information, reference and
research services to parliamentarians and their
staff, parliamentary committees, associations and
delegations, and senior Senate and House of Commons
officials.
- The skilled staff handles hundreds of requests for information
and reference assistance daily, often responding within
hours. Specialists in law, economics and other fields provide
research and analysis services concerning legislation and public
policy issues.
-Through its services, publications and collections, the Library
of Parliament tries to anticipate the needs of a busy Parliament.
Current issue reviews, backgrounders, compilations, legislative
summaries, reading lists and finding aids are just some of the
Library’s information tools.
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23. Library of Parliament
Place
-The Library of Parliament originated in the legislative libraries
of Upper and Lower Canada, created in the 1790s. These
libraries were amalgamated when Upper and Lower Canada
were united in 1841.
-The Library building, designed in the High Victorian Gothic
Revival style by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones, opened in
1876. Its circular shape and the use of galleries and alcoves
were the inspiration of the first Parliamentary
Librarian, Alpheus Todd. He recommended that the building be
“spacious and lofty” and wisely advised that it be separated
from the Centre Block by a corridor to protect it from fire.
-Flames threatened the Library again on February 3, 1916. The
fire destroyed most of the Centre Block, but the Library’s iron
doors isolated it from the blaze. In 1952, a fire broke out in the
cupola of the Library itself, causing extensive smoke and water
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