Excerpt from The Senate of Canada Its Constitution, Powers and Duties Historically Considered Co-ordinate powers with House of Commons Opinions of the founders of Confederation First duty to revise Bills - Progress of Bills through the Senate - Sidney Low on British House of Commons - Second duty to delay if necessary - To guard against popular impulses - Present encroachment upon the Provinces No change in financial terms of the British North America Act without consent of the Provinces - Mr. Blake quoted - Decisions of the Privy Council.. 53-67. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.