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This bill was written by The Right Honourable Remy Levesque, Member of Provincial Parliament for Eastern Ontario, as an Ontario Alliance bill. Debate will conclude on December 14th at 12 PM.
Presiding officer: The Right Honourable Remy Levesque (male)
I was reading through one of the appropriations bills House Government Bill C-8 (42-1). In Schedule 1 & 2 in the link there are detailed budget items broken down by category. I see a lot of the following language:
> ; and the payment to each member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada who is a Minister without Portfolio or a Minister of State who does not preside over a Ministry of State of a salary not to exceed the salary paid to Ministers of State who preside over Ministries of State under the Salaries Act, as adjusted pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act and pro rata for any period of less than a year – To authorize the transfers of appropriations listed in these Estimates and to provide a further amount
This seems to allow an undisclosed amount to certain members of the Queens Privy Council.
The budgeted items that contain this language are listed here:
| Item Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD | $6,927,382 |
| CANADIAN HERITAGE | $2,278,977 |
| CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION | $24,945,653 |
| EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | $58,778,700 |
| ENVIRONMENT | $174,287 |
| FINANCE | $4,452,906 |
| FISHERIES AND OCEANS | $51,423,443 |
| FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT | $67,309,800 |
| HEALTH | $15,955,389 |
| INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT | $112,682,479 |
| INDUSTRY | $1 |
| JUSTICE | $5,089,448 |
| NATIONAL DEFENCE | $215,485,400 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES | $19,963,223 |
| PRIVY COUNCIL | $3,644,076 |
| PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS | $1 |
| PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES | $72,238,881 |
| TRANSPORT | $5,312,160 |
| TREASURY BOARD SECRETARIAT | $43,981,086 |
| VETERANS AFFAIRS | $29,528,515 |
| Total | $740,171,807 |
The sums which contain this clause is not nothing. There are obviously other clause in the sections, but the frequency of this language set me off a little.
It seems like legal boilerplate, but can someone explain the purpose of this? Who exactly is intended to be included in this clause?
I was curious to see what your country may look like judicially and if you have any thoughts about it. The Privy Council does not have any Caribbean members and requires a lot of money in order to be heard in person, as it requires travel to the UK. I am curious as to what that's like to live with, and if you even notice it at all.
Britain had 'National Governments' or 'Grand Coalitions' during times of crisis in the 20th Century (World Wars and Great Depression)...
Legally speaking, could the same happen again? Tonight? Politically speaking, what would be the fallout? How would it work? What could happen?
Having a Queen's Speech without a proper government in place is constitutionally unprecedented, isn't it?
God, it's all a massive shitshow, isn't it?
Let me list the positions
Ruler: Either the official or de facto leader
Spouse: Any GenMates you ship with the "ruler"
Court Chaplain: They supposed to represent the Faith but since each gen is mostly Secular, they can function as teachers of their lore.
Chancellor: In charge of diplomacy.
Steward: In charge of their money.
Marshall: The "muscle" of the group and may function as the police.
Spymaster: In charge of foiling or helping with schemes and finding secrets.
HoloJP 6th Gen HoloX
Ruler: La+
Chancellor: Lui
Court Chaplain: Koyori
Marshall: Iroha
Spymaster: Chloe
HoloEN 2nd Gen HoloCouncil
Ruler: Baelz (while she's the official leader, the Council's rotating presidency suggests her having limited authority)
Spouse: IRyS (she doesn't have her own gen so I put her here)
Marshall: Kronii
Court Chaplain: Fauna
Spymaster: Mumei (but she forgors, right? Or doesn't she?)
Chancellor: Sana
If you can think of anything like this for other gen, post you own version below. You may leave one position empty if nobody explicitly fulfill that role, not even a stretch.
