POLI 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Donald J. Savoie, Responsible Government, Consumer Protection
14 Sep 2016
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Mallory: descriptive analysis to pathology in canadian government. Mallory: no political institution in canada is working as effectively as it should. There is a major debate looming in this country about how we govern ourselves . There are major issues that we should be debating over. We are, but not effective or comprehensive debate. In canadian political system, you can form a government without a majority; because of the lacking powers of the house as a check". Question of whether courts have too much power; they are appointed, not elected. There are debates about the institutions of governing. Paul martin talked about democratic deficit": its who you know in the pmo . There is a centralization of power in parliament, to the pm. Samara"s democracy 360: gave canada a grade of c. We feel we have no power, and mps don"t represent us as much as they should. In 2008, harper shut down parliament (prorogued it) to avoid being defeated.
