POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hereditary Monarchy, De Facto, Donald J. Savoie

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 1AA3
• Professor: Todd Alway

Document Summary

In a constitutional sense, it is the queen that is at the apex of canadian power. The powers of the crown are only exercised on the advice of the government of the. The governor general exercises crown power within canada in the name of the queen. The governor general (at least on paper) day . Crown power is exercised on the advice of the government of the day. And the governor general will almost always accept that advice. So the crown has very little real power in practice. That said, in the past there have been rare cases where the governor general has had. Usually the governor general will dissolve parliament on the basis of a request from the. However, 1926 king-byng affair some discretion in the use of her power and authority. According to supporters, the crown has a role to play when unexpected crises.