POL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bicameralism, International Trade, Blast Furnace
21 Apr 2016
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Parliament: the legislative branch consists of three components: the house of commons, the senate & the monarch. Bicameral canada"s legislative branch is composed of two distinct legislative chambers of. Equal privileges & powers: the elected house of commons or lower house based on rep by pop and the appointed senate or upper house premised on regional equality. Parliamentary supremacy: (aka supremacy of parliament) the ruling presumption of the. Westminster parliamentary tradition that parliament"s authority is superior to all other institutions of government and above reproach or threat of overrule, thus empowering. Parliament with the authority to repeal or modify any principle set out in common law subject to a constitution (jackson & jackson 2006, p. 590). The house of commons-- [the house of commons] reflects every passing mood, sensation, pleasure and pain in the vast, sprawling body of the nation, and articulates it within a few hours. bruce hutchinson, the unknown country: canada and her people.
