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A model parliament, also known as a mock parliament, is a system that simulates the parliamentary proceedings of a legislature or deliberative assembly. It typically following the Westminster parliamentary system.
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A model parliament, also known as a mock parliament, is a system that simulates the parliamentary proceedings of a legislature or deliberative assembly. It typically following the Westminster parliamentary system.
Model parliaments are usually used as educational tools. They allow students and participants to experience the processes of debate, deliberation, and lawmaking typical of real parliaments and legislatures.
Model parliaments are often based on the rules and procedures of an existing national or sub-national legislature. For example, they may mirror the Parliament of Canada or the United States Congress. This focus on replicating real bodies promotes understanding of how different governments function.
However, model parliaments also serve other purposes beyond pure imitation. Some aim to advocate social or political causes. The Canadian youth parliament movement was founded to advance youth programs across Canada through mock sessions. In Australia, the YMCA run Youth Parliament programs in each state and territory as part of their community outreach.
International organisations also utilise model parliaments for advocacy. Oxfam sponsors an annual "International Youth Parliament" to encourage youth-led social reform worldwide. Participants in this model UN-style event debate issues and propose solutions on topics like poverty, human rights, and sustainability.
Model parliaments have also been used for political protest. In 1914, the women's suffrage movement in Canada organised a parody session of the Manitoba legislature to call attention to the government's refusal to extend the right to vote to women. Led by activist Nellie McClung, this mock parliament helped spark national debate on women's suffrage issues.
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The Ontario Youth Parliament (OYP), formerly the Ontario Older Boys' Parliament, is one of a number of provincial youth model parliaments across Canada. Each year, the organization holds a four-day debate conference on Family Day weekend for youth ages 14 to 21 from Ontario, Canada. The organization has roots within the United Church of Canada dating back to 1907. The first session of the Older Boys' Parliament met in the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen's Park in Toronto in January 1925. As a result, the OYP, as successor to the Older Boys' Parliament, is one of the oldest youth parliaments in Canada. Gordon Lapp of Brighton served as the first Premier.
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The Parlement jeunesse du Québec (PJQ) is one of a number of provincial youth parliaments across Canada. Each year, about a hundred of young participants, aged between 18 and 25, meet up in Quebec to discuss and debate like the real politicians. It aims to reproduce the functioning of the parliament of Quebec, the National Assembly of Quebec. Indeed, like the real parliament, the PJQ has its majority party that forms the government, led by the Premier, as well as the official opposition, led by the Leader of Opposition.
The YMCA Youth Parliament is a YMCA run youth model parliament program. There is a YMCA youth parliament in every Australian State and Territory.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Youth Parliament (NLYP) is one of a number of provincial youth model parliaments across Canada.
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The Political Equality League was a group active in Manitoba, Canada between 1912 and 1916 that successfully lobbied for women's suffrage at the provincial level. One of the highlights of the campaign was a mock parliament in which Nellie McClung parodied the Conservative premier Rodmond Roblin, with a parliament of women dismissing men's claims for rights using the same arguments used by men to dismiss women's claims.
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