Senate of Canada

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The Senate of Canada is the unelected upper chamber of the Canadian Parliament that reviews, amends, and approves legislation passed by the House of Commons.

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Generate an image of the Senate of Canada (The Senate of Canada is the unelected upper chamber of the Canadian Parliament that reviews, amends, and approves legislation passed by the House of Commons.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
appointmentMethod appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
constitutionalMonarch Monarch of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
formerMeetingPlace Centre Block ⓘ
hasAdditionalRegionalRepresentation Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Territories ⓘ
hasChamberType upper house ⓘ
hasHouseColor red ⓘ
hasJurisdiction federal ⓘ
hasLegislativePower can veto most legislation ⓘ
cannot amend constitutional amendments unilaterally ⓘ
cannot initiate money bills ⓘ
hasMaximumNumberOfMembers 105 ⓘ
hasMemberTitle Senator ⓘ
hasMotto Chamber of sober second thought ⓘ
hasNativeName Sénat du Canada ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Canada
hasNumberOfMembers 105 ⓘ
hasNumberOfSenatorialDivisions 4 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer Speaker of the Senate of Canada ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the Senate ⓘ
hasTermType until age 75 ⓘ
hasTypeOfMembership independent senators ⓘ
party-affiliated senators ⓘ
hasWebsite https://sencanada.ca ⓘ
inception 1867 ⓘ
isElected false ⓘ
legislativeRole amends legislation ⓘ
approves legislation ⓘ
conducts committee studies ⓘ
initiates certain legislation ⓘ
represents regional interests ⓘ
reviews legislation ⓘ
locatedIn Ottawa ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ontario ⓘ
locatedInCountry Canada ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge 75 ⓘ
meetsIn Senate of Canada Building ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Canada ⓘ
representedBy Governor General of Canada ⓘ
representsRegion Maritimes ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Canada

Ontario ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

Western Canada ⓘ
usesVotingSystem no formal voting system for appointment ⓘ

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Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian federal government → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1867 → definesInstitution → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Canada → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada → hasComponent → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Senate of Canada → hasNativeName → Sénat du Canada ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada → representedIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada → otherChamber → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Dominion of Canada → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Conservative Party of Canada → representedIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Canadian Conservative Party
General amending formula → requiresApprovalFrom → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Centre Block (historical) → housed → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → presidesOver → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Speaker of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → represents → Senate of Canada in its official capacities ⓘ
subject linked to: Speaker of the Senate
linked to: Senate of Canada
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → represents → Senate of Canada in relations with the Crown ⓘ
subject linked to: Speaker of the Senate
linked to: Senate of Canada
Chamber of sober second thought → refersTo → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → partOf → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → memberOf → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → reportsTo → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Senate of Canada Building → occupant → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Liberal Party of Canada → hasRepresentationIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: LPC
HoC → usedInContrastWith → Senate of Canada ⓘ
43rd Canadian Parliament → legislativeBody → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Parliamentary Protective Service → protects → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Parliament Buildings → houses → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Library of Parliament → serves → Senate of Canada ⓘ
44th Canadian Parliament → hasPart → Senate of Canada ⓘ
42nd Canadian Parliament → legislativeBody → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Art Eggleton → memberOf → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Conservative Party of Canada → representedIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Conservatives
George Eulas Foster → legislativeBody → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Serge Prudhomme → legislativeBody → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Prudhomme
Canadian politics → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Reference re Senate Reform → subjectInstitution → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Nancy Greene → employer → Senate of Canada ⓘ
mace of the Senate of Canada → usedBy → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Union Station (Ottawa) → currentPrimaryOccupant → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Station
Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada → workLocation → Senate of Canada Chamber ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Canada
Rules of the Senate of Canada → appliesTo → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Rules of the Senate of Canada → adoptedBy → Senate of Canada ⓘ