Canada
Parliamentary budget
Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget: Constitution; Standing Orders of Parliament; Other
Standing Orders of Parliament
Other
Notes
The Parliament of Canada Act.
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget: Parliament; The Executive; Parliament and the Executive together; Other
Parliament
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Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget: Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget; The amount of the budget is agreed between Parliament and the Executive; The Executive decides the maximum amount of the budget; Other
Parliament decides the maximum amount of the budget
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Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget: Parliament decides how to allocate the budget; The Executive can request Parliament to modify the budget allocation; The Executive can require Parliament to modify the budget allocation; The Executive decides how to allocate the budget; Other
Parliament decides how to allocate the budget
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National currency
Canadian Dollars (CAD)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
1.19 (2019)
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Parliament’s budget, per year
608,200,000 (2018)
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Notes
For some parliaments, data can not be presented on an annual basis, for example because parliamentary sessions run from April to March of the following year. In such cases, the period to which the data corresponds is specified here.
Information is not available by calendar year. Rather, it is available by fiscal year, which runs from April 1st to March 31st.
Link to the parliamentary budget
Budget for the chamber
Not applicable. There is not a separate budget for each chamber in a bicameral parliament.
No
State budget, per year
346,200,000,000 (2018)
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Parliamentary staff
The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
Members of the parliamentary administration may be fully independent from the government For example, certain countries have a ‘parliamentary civil service’ that is different from the general civil service, which works for the Executive.
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
Certain parliaments control the recruitment of parliamentary
staff. Parliament decides - independently from the government- when to recruit
staff, what procedures to use, who to recruit, etc.
There is an official gender equality policy in the parliamentary administration
Certain parliaments may have an official gender equality policy which may, for instance, address to the recruitment and promotion of women in the parliamentary administration.
Number of permanent staff employed by parliament (full time equivalent (FTE) positions)
Number of permanent staff for each chamber
Not applicable. The staff work for the entire parliament.
No
Secretary General
Authority that selects the Secretary General
Authority that selects the Secretary General.
Head of State/Government
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Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
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Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff