POLS 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cabinet Collective Responsibility, Downtown Eastside, Passport Canada
10 Apr 2017
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02/03/2017 lecture 11: government department and central agencies. Government departments: most stringent accountability, minister (elected official) political head. Individual and collective ministerial responsibility: deputy minister (appointed by pm) administrative head career public servant who serves as the administrative head. Legal definitions provided in financial administration act and public service employment act: any portion of the public service that the governor-in-council says is a department. Intergovernmental affairs (july 2013: 2015 minister of transport; minister of infrastructure and communities; minister of. Intergovernmental affairs and youth: major reorganizations in the 1930s, 40s, 60s and 90s. Creation of a government organization: can occur in one of four ways, a specific act (enabling legislation, department of agriculture and agri-food act, department of canada heritage act, omnibus act, ministries and minister of state act. Inquires act: used to establish various commissions of inquires, only need an order-in-council, no legislative approval required. Department of canadian heritage page: basically establishes the department, minister has responsibility over those departments.
