POLSCI 3NN6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Voting Age, Responsible Government, Money Bill
15 Dec 2014
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Elect the legislative branch, making them accountable to us: elements and purposes. In order to be a member of the house of commons. And have to be of the voting age (18 years old) 2/3rds of the members can vote to continue for longer: senate. Need to own at least 4000 in property: purpose. To represent the view point of the people. To hold the executive branch accountable to the people: parliamentary supremacy. All other levels of government are subordinate: limits to parliamentary supremacy. Limits to parliamentary supremacy: the charter of rights and freedoms, amending formulae, extra-territoriality. Hodge v. the queen: regulation off taverns was delegate from the owners to the lcbo. Ewing estate: province delegated the fees that applied the probate of an estate, to the court. The queen, the governor general and the confidence principle. Governor general is ceremonial, but still at the top of the food chain, representing the queen.
