POLS 3210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Civil Service Reform Act Of 1978, National Energy Program, Brian Tobin

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3210
• Professor: Ajay Sharma

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Brokerage parties: play an important role in canadian politics in keeping the country together. Liberal and conservative parties: after the 1950"s though most liberal support came from. Although bloc quebcois and rise of the reform party show regional interests. In 2004 martin"s liberals had to become responsive to regional interests after the sponsorship scandal: this is also the year that the canadian alliance and the. Rejected the hostile takeover of the potash. Riker believes that a symmetrical party system (same parties run in the provinces that run in the federal elections) leads to a stronger federal state: strong federal/provincial state if the party had a strong presence in both. Intrastate dimension: representation of local and regional interests directly in national governance. Donald smiley says that there is a disjunction between the. Federal and provincial party systems: says they operate in separate realms, maintains that the federal cabinet is the only significant intrastate institution.