POLI 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Individual Ministerial Responsibility, Treasury Board, Bmw M54
10 Aug 2016
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Composed of the prime minister, the cabinet, and central agencies. Cabinet (aka the queen"s privy council of canada) By constitutional convention, cabinet members are appointed by the prime minister and could be either members of the hoc or the senate, although it is almost always from the. Hoc unless there aren"t enough members elected from a particular region to meet regional cabinet requirements. The regional cabinet requirement is an example of a representational concern (others include women, visible minorities, language, or even business community when considering the minister of finance). Powers of cabinet set by s11, ca1867 (for example the minister of finance has power over the budget, or estimates). Revenue budgets (economic statements) s54, ca1867 says that any bills dealing with spending/raising money must pass through cabinet. Central agencies are parts of the civil services who"s only purpose is to support the decision making activities of the cabinet (not the prime minister) (she repeated this 3 times).
