POLI 221 Lecture Notes - Pierre Trudeau, Responsible Government, Decision-Making

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The pm has an important role to play but there is a conflict in terms of power distribution. Since the 1970s, the cabinet has become less important whereas the pm has done the opposite. Cabinet is a creature of convention (not enforceable in the courts), not defined in our constitution as a formal or legal document. Cabinet"s job is to be a political overseer of a slice of the permanent executive (the bureaucracy). S. 11 of bna act 1867: there shall be a council to aid and advise in the govt of canada (the queen"s. This becomes the pool of advisors for the gg. Becoming a cabinet member means you become part of the privy council, but only a subset of it. The cabinet is the active part of the council. The privy council does not hold meetings except for one special ceremonial function. Cabinet is thus a subset of the queen"s privy council.

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