1. A federal bill or a bill of your provincial legislature, if you know the bill number?

4 Marks

If you need to find a federal bill or a bill of your provincial legislature in the Electronic
Sources and you know only the bill number, first of all you have know Electronic sources for
searching, such as:
 Justice Laws Website - Canadian Government website with access to current federal
legislation. *free*
 E-Laws - Ontario Government website with access to current legislation. *free*
 CanLII - Non-profit website with access to legislative materials from all Canadian
jurisdictions. *free*
 WestlawNext Canada - Commercial database with access to legislative materials from all
Canadian jurisdictions.
 Lexis Advance Quicklaw - Commercial database with access to legislative materials from
all Canadian jurisdictions.
Then, you have to follow next steps:
Step 1. Select a Database to Search
As shown above, there are several databases and websites that provide access to legislation. 
When deciding which one to use, consider the following factors: scope of the content, search
functionality, any costs associated with searching, and the currency of the information
contained within it. When it comes to searching for Canadian legislation, government websites
tend to be more up-to-date than other commercial databases.  They also have the added
advantage of being free.
Step 2. Search for a Specific Statute
 Go to Consolidated Acts (left hand menu option)
 Fill in the number of the act in the 'Find a title' field, OR
 Locate the act by clicking on the first letter of the name of the act in the alphabetical list
of 'Acts by title'

2. Whether the wording of a given statutory provision was different in the previous revision
of statutes? 4 Marks

When you are reading the case that interprets a statutory provision, to find out whether
the provision has been amended since the decision in the case was made. If the provision’s
wording in the current revision of the statute differs from its earlier wording, the case law
interpreting the earlier version of the provision may not be useful in your research. If you need
to find the current section number of a provision but know only the number in a previous
revision, you will have to consult a concordance. Concordance align two adjacent revision of a
statute series.

3. The text of a statute of your provincial legislature whose name you know? 4 Marks

I live in Calgary, Alberta. So I know the follow electronic and print sources for accessing
Alberta’s provincial legislature:
 Alberta Laws Online (official site)
 CanLII - Consolidated Statutes of Alberta
 Lexis - Scroll through the alphabetical list to access the following: 
- Alberta Statutes (consolidated),
- Alberta Annual Statutes (session laws), and
- Alberta Repealed Statutes.
 Westlaw -- Alberta Statutes (ALTA-ST) database

4. Whether a statute of your province or a federal statute has been amended? 4 Marks
For this question you have to go to the Justice Laws Website. It's an excellent source for
finding out if a statute has been amended between 1985 and the present. On the left hand side
of the home page, there is a link to the Table of Public Statutes and Responsible Ministers,
which is also found at the back of the printed and bound Statues of Canada (available in
resource and regional libraries).  It's a table of legislative changes, showing all of the chapters of
the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, with their amendments, as well as other public Acts
made since the revision, and their amendments.
How Does It Work?
Within the Table, statutes are listed alphabetically, as shown below. 

Immediately under the title of each Act is the French title, printed in italics.  The name of the
minister who has responsibility for the administration of the Act is also listed under the title of
the Act.

5. The text of a federal statute whose name you know? 4 Marks

Consolidated Acts
The Justice Laws Website provides an official consolidation, or updated version, of the federal
Acts and regulations maintained by the Department of Justice as a convenient way for the
public to view the state of the law, without having to carry out research and put together the
various amended provisions.

6. Whether there’s a statute of your province or a federal statute on a given subject? 6 Marks
New statues and amendments to existing statutes are introduced as bills in the Legislative
Assembly and will come into force in one of three ways:

 upon receiving Royal Assent.

 by a “coming into force” provision at the end of the statute which specifies a date
 on proclamation given by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.

Once in force, existing statutes may be repealed by the Legislative Assembly. For further
information on coming in force provisions consult the Interpretation Act, RSA 2000, c I-8.

7. Whether a statute of your province or federal statute has been proclaimed in force yet? 10
Marks

To determine if a Statute is in force consult the following sources:

 Statutes of the Province of Alberta

The following two tables are located in the annual bound volumes and the last volume of the
Revised Statutes of Alberta (R.S.A. 2000 Looseleaf ed.) :

1. Table of Public Statutes (“pink pages”) – includes all of the Acts and amendments back
to the last R.S.A. by statute and section. ‘Proc.’ indicates that the statute or
amendments are not yet proclaimed, and so not in force, as of the date of the Table.
Currency information for the table is clearly given at the beginning of the pink pages.
2. Enactments brought into force or repealed by proclamation or on a named date –
contains the status of proclaimed and unproclaimed statutes including the Gazette
reference information. Found just before the pink pages.

 Alberta Gazette Part I (print)– The official text of proclamations is published in the
Alberta Gazette, Part I. They can be found by using the annual index which includes a
listing of proclamations.
 Alberta Queen’s Printer – Alberta Gazette, Part I – 1995 – current.
 Alberta Queen’s Printer – recent proclamations.
 Alberta Queen’s Printer – Laws online – lists all proclaimed acts alphabetically.
 QP Source Professional – Under the “What’s new section – Statutes” you can find recent
proclamations.
 The Legislative Counsel Office is responsible for drafting government bills, regulations
and Orders in Council. The office also works with the Alberta Queen’s Printer to make
the laws of Alberta available to the public. The most current information is available
from their office. Call: 780-427-2217