POLI 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pierre Trudeau, Presidential System, First-Past-The-Post Voting
4 Oct 2016
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It s a wonder that the house of commons does not destroy the minds and souls of its members - robert stans eld former leader of the app 1978. When mps get 50 years from the house they are nobodies pierre trudeau pm i. he was wrong, it is only in the house that they are nobodies to be continued ii. ii. , constituencies, voter preferences for parties, social representation iii. > accountability i. the job of the house is not to make policy but to keep the government. Accountable (keep control of the gov) the house of commons in theory elects the pm, the people just elect a member of parliament, but the support of the house is crucial ii. Senatorial clause: it was said that the hoc seats would get adjusted in the 80s for equal representation. Passed a clause in which no province can have more seats in the hoc than it does in the.
