Research starter kit
R-01 · R-02 · R-05 · R-06 · R-19 · R-20
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Good questions. Strong records.
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Municipal delegation kit
L-07 · L-09 · L-21 · L-22
Open the kit →Read the lessonOn-the-record communications
L-08 · L-14 · L-22 · R-07 · R-20
Open the kit →Read the lessonVolunteer placement & practice
G-02 · G-05 · G-09 · G-10
Open the kit →Read the lesson01Read the lesson
02Use the worksheet
03Practise safely
04Discuss & review
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Authority table
Index controlling and persuasive legal authorities.
Open fields and completion checks
Required fields
- Proposition
- Authority type
- Full citation
- Exact provision or paragraph
- Jurisdiction and date
- Current status
- Effect on question
- Contrary authority
Completion checks
- Use primary sources where available
- Give exact page, paragraph, section or timestamp
- Separate facts, allegations, opinions, law, inferences and open questions
- Record material contrary evidence and unresolved gaps
Typical roles: researcher · reviewer
Source register
Preserve provenance for every source.
Open fields and completion checks
Required fields
- Source ID
- Author or issuing body
- Title
- Publication date
- URL or repository
- Access date
- Source class A–E
- Exact location
- Verification status
- Archive note
Completion checks
- Use primary sources where available
- Give exact page, paragraph, section or timestamp
- Separate facts, allegations, opinions, law, inferences and open questions
- Record material contrary evidence and unresolved gaps
Typical roles: researcher
Evidence matrix
Connect each proposition to evidence and contradiction.
Open fields and completion checks
Required fields
- Proposition
- Classification
- Supporting source and location
- Contrary source and location
- Reliability assessment
- Known gap
- Researcher status
- Reviewer decision
Completion checks
- Use primary sources where available
- Give exact page, paragraph, section or timestamp
- Separate facts, allegations, opinions, law, inferences and open questions
- Record material contrary evidence and unresolved gaps
Typical roles: researcher · reviewer
Legislative definition and scope map
Trace defined words through the exact applicable version, with exceptions and cross-references.
Open fields and completion checks
Required fields
- Bill or Act, jurisdiction, session and version/date
- Defined term in English and French
- Exact definition and defining provision, URL and passage
- Verified scope: Act, Part, section, regulation or imported provision
- Context qualifications, exceptions and excluded meanings
- Each operative provision using the term and related elements
- Competing interpretation and supporting or contrary authorities
- Unresolved questions, reviewer and correction history
Completion checks
- Do not assume a definition applies outside its verified scope
- Check context, incorporation rules and both official texts where applicable
- Separate proposed bill text, enacted text and interpretation
Typical roles: researcher · reviewer