POLI 1P93 Lecture 3: Poli pn3 092115
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Have had people appointed from senate or without a seat. Officially in charge of the machinery of the fovernment. Government continues to govern as long as it has the confidence of legislature. Cabinet is responsible to the people via legislature. A statethat where in tpower is shared between different levels of government, each with their own areas of jurisdiction. Most commonly includes a national jurisdiction and then state/ provincial levels. Constituition dictates what level has jurisdiction over what. Everyone is subject to the law, no one is above it. Most courts are provincial, with judges appointed federally. Protection of judges superior court judges only removed by act of both parliaments. Ortects them to hold governments to the law. Supreme court- 9 justices 3 from quebec appointed by gg. Recognies the dependency on exports of early canada. This dependency shaped our institutions and political cultures. Since difeerent regions were dependent on different goods. Seeks to dominate hinterland for acces to staples.