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A law-making body is a legislature. Parliament is the national legislature of Canada. Most provincial and territorial legislatures in Canada are called Legislative Assembly. There is a House of Assembly in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and a National Assembly in Quebec.

  • Rajiv was first elected to the Saskatchewan legislature in 1994.
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