POL111H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Collective Responsibility, Responsible Government, Canada Act 1982
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Parliamentary government: how it operates: canada is democracy, constitutional monarchy. Head of state is queen also queen of us, If no party gets a clear majority, the cabinet that was in office before & during election has 2 choices: cabinet already in office can choose to stay in office and meet newly elected house. It can resign- gg will call on leader of largest opposition party to form cabinet. In either case, it is peoples rep. in newly elected house who decide whether. Minority gov shall stay in office or be thrown out. If pm dies, cabinet comes to an end: collective responsibility (fundamental for gov. However, any member of either house can move a motion to decrease a tax or an expenditure, and the house concerned can pass it, though this hardly ever happens. Federal state: brings together number of diff political communities with common gov for common purposes.
