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zebatov posted...

Motion > HoC > Bill > Senate > Law.

Wrong. Motions are a separate entity from bills and laws; they do not become bills or laws as they pass.

If a parliamentarian wants to change the law, they introduce a bill. That bill is debated by the HoC, goes through readings/committees, then moves on to the Senate, and if it is passed, it becomes law.

If a parliamentarian simply wants to state an opinion, or do a couple of other procedural things, they use a motion instead. Motions, unlike bills, do not go through first, second, and third readings, or through committees - once they are debated and voted on, they're effectively dead from a procedural standpoint. Motions do not alter existing law or create new laws; they are simply a formal statement of Parliament taking an opinion on something.

Hell, I'm not even sure motions ever go to the senate. As far as I know, once they are voted on in the House, that's the end of it.

Lokarin posted...

It's not that, but rather the nearly infinite powers the Human Rights Tribunal has been given

Which is utterly unaffected by M103.

Again, M103 is non-binding. If you're upset about the power HRTs wield... well, they wield just as much now as they did prior to the motion's passage.
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