Canadian Legislative Pulse Quick Reference Guide - CCH Canadian

CANADIAN LEGISLATIVE PULSE
Quick Reference Guide
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About the Canadian Legislative Pulse
The Canadian Legislative Pulse
(The Pulse) is a cross-jurisdictional
bill tracking service that is updated
every business day.
The Pulse
tracks federal and provincial bills
provides links to the full text of federal and provincial bills
lists affected legislation
can be sorted by bill number, bill title, chapter number
supports personal bill folders
provides various email delivery features.
Connecting to the
Canadian Legislative Pulse
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Using Internet Explorer,
go to http://pulse.cch.ca.
Enter your Username and
Password in the fields provided.
Click Login.
Select your personal profile
name. (Note: If enhanced
security feature
is on, enter personal password).
Click Submit.
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Navigational Tools and Legend
Main Menu – Menu Bar
Returns to the main
menu page.
Updated Legislation – Lists
only the legislation that has
been updated since you last
logged in.
Modify Time Period – provides
the ability to highlight
legislative changes from a
specific point in time onwards.
Checked Bills – Provides the
functionality to add, move or
delete bills from/to My Bills
folders.
Manage Folders – Provides the
functionality to create, rename
and delete My Bills folders.
Folders – Expands to show
a listing of all the “My Bills”
folders.
Search Legislation – Expands to allow user
to run a new or saved search and to manage
his/her saved searches.
Saved Searches – Enables user to save a
search so that it can be rerun later.
Layout – Enables user to toggle between the
two types of layouts, selecting either Progress
Table display or the Expanded Bills display.
Table of Content – Hides or Shows the Table
of Contents.
User Information – Enables user to view
account information.
Email Notification – Expands to provide
access to a number of different email
notification options.
Saved Login – Provides ability to delete
saved login information.
Expands to provide access to additional
documents and resources.
Disconnects user from the Pulse site.
Legislation – Menu Bar
Session Info – Provides information about updates made to page being viewed.
Government Site – Provides access to additional information about the current session.
Allows for re-sorting of the legislation.
Provides access to the next, previous or index of sessions for selected jurisdiction.
Opens a window with a short description of all the colours and symbols used on the
Pulse site.
Converts current page to a PDF for printing/saving purposes.
Provides access to the online version of the Pulse user manual.
The Legend
Canadian Legislative Pulse Guide to Colours and Symbols
Government Bill
Private Member Bill
Tracked in Bill Folder
Recently Updated
Contains Global Amendments
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Additional Information
Link to Bill text
Amended After Second Reading

Results Window – Menu Bar
Provides an option to save a search for future use. Saved searches can be rerun later.
Provides a link back to the Legislation Search form.
Opens a window with a short description of all the colours and symbols used on the
Pulse site.
Converts current page to a PDF for printing/saving purposes.
Provides access to the online version of the Pulse user manual.
Viewing the Progress of a Bill
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In the Session column,
select for the
jurisdiction you are
interested in.
Scroll through the list of
bills to locate the bill you
are interested in.
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Viewing Affected Legislation
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Click the footnote
symbol to the
right of the bill title.
A list of legislation
affected by the bill
will appear in a new
window.
Accessing the Full Text of a Bill
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Click the Link to
Bill Text icon.
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You will be
connected the full
text of the bill.
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Searching
Conducting a Search
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Click Search.
Select Search Legislation.
Use Search type to restrict
search to a specific category
(e.g. Statutes Amended).
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In the Search for box, enter the
full/partial title you would like
to search for.
Use Boolean Operators to
specify the relationship between
terms and generate alternates.
Using the check boxes in the
Table of Contents, select the
jurisdiction(s) and session(s).
Under Search in, select All
items checked in the Table of
Contents.
Click Search.
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Expanders Symbol Example Result
Use Boolean Expanders to generate alternates for terms.
Multiple Character * tax* tax, taxes, taxation ... etc
Wildcard *corp* corporation, incorporation,
incorporated ... etc
lab*r labor, labour
(also looks for Labrador)
Single Character ? tax?? taxes (but not tax)
Wildcard w?s? wash, wise, wish ... etc
Connectors Symbol Example Result Finds documents with...
Use Boolean Connectors to create the desired relationship between terms.
And AND nuclear and safety with both nuclear and safety
& nuclear & safety
space nuclear safety
Or OR corporation or with either corporation
incorporation or incorporation
Phrase “xx“ “Access to with the phrase “Access to
Information Act” Information Act”
Not NOT criminal not firearms with the word criminal but
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not the word firearms
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Saving Searches
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Select Save Search, from
the results menu bar.
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Enter the terms you
would like to use to
identify the search in the
Save search as box.
Click Save.
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Rerunning Saving Searches
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To rerun a saved search
in future:
Go to Search
Select Saved Searches
Select the search from
the list provided.
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My Bills
My Bills was designed to help facilitate personal bill tracking.
Individual My Bills folders can be created for each Pulse user.
Creating Individual Folders
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Select My Bills.
Go to Manage Folders.
Select Create.
Enter new folder name
(i.e. BillFolder).
Click Create.
Click Done.
The new folder name now
appears in the My Bills
drop-down section.
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Adding Bills to Folders
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Use the checkboxes to
select the bills you would
like to add to your personal
bill portfolio.
Select My Bills
Go to Checked Bills
Go to Add To
Select folder you
would like to add bills to
(i.e. BillFolder).
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Note: The grey box that appears to the left of a bill
number, will be highlighted in green once a bill has
been added to a personal bill portfolio.
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Deleting Bills from Folders
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Select My Bills.
Select the folder you
would like to go to.
Use the checkboxes to
select the bills you would
like to delete from your
folder.
Select My Bills.
Go to Checked Bills.
Select Delete.
Click OK.
Recent Updates
The Pulse has the ability to track changes the site that have occurred between visits to the site.
Note: Updates to the site since the last time
you visited are highlighted in yellow.
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Viewing List of Recent Updates
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Click Recent Updates.
Go to Updated Legislation.
Go to Jump to.
Select jurisdiction.
Modify Time Period
The Modify Time Period option provides the ability to highlight legislative changes from a specific
point in time onwards. For example to view updates that have occurred since March 31, 2007.
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Select Recent Updates
Select Modify Time Period.
Enter the date (and time)
you would like to track
from (i.e. 31/03/2007) in
the form provided.
Click Update.
The new tracking date now
appears at the top of your
Pulse Home page.
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Email Updates
The Pulse provides four types of email notification to aid you in keeping up-to-date with
changes. The Email Updates feature is located under Tools menu.
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Select Tools.
Go to Email Notifications.
Select email notification
you would like to receive
(i.e. My Bills).
Select time of day you
would like to receive
update (based on Eastern
Standard time).
Click Update.
Types of Email Notification Available
EMAIL OPTION
New Legislation
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Provides email alerts whenever new legislation is added to the site. (Includes
option to specify jurisdictions of interest).
Amended Legislation Provides email notifications whenever a new Bill is introduced that amends
an Act matching a pre-saved criteria (or when the legislation amended by
a Bill is changed on a subsequent reading). This alert is particularly useful if
there are specific Acts that need to be tracked on an on-going basis.
My Bills
Provides email notification relating to the progression of legislation (including
changes to the proclamation information) with respect to Bills targeted in
individual bill folders.
Weekly Report The weekly report is an RTF summary of all the changes that have occurred
to the site during the preceding seven-day period.
NEW Amended Legislation Email Notification Feature
Note: Please verify the email address that appears at the bottom of the notification page.
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Saving and Printing
The Create PDF option allows you to convert the current document to PDF for optimum
printing and/or saving.
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TO PRINT A DOCUMENT
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Click Create PDF.
Select Print.
Click OK..
TO SAVE A DOCUMENT
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Click Create PDF.
Select Save a Copy.
Enter File name.
Click Save.
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