POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Ombudsman

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1150
• Professor: Mark Yanisziewski

Document Summary

Mi(cid:374)isters of the (cid:272)ro(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:894)fi(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e et(cid:272)(cid:895) are respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le for the a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities that o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur u(cid:374)der the(cid:373) Must provide information about their activities if asked: means to provide information. Expectation that if something goes wrong, the minister must resign to accept responsibility. If a scandal occurs and minister is responsible/accountable: was the problem something the minister could have/should have known about, sometimes all he must do to take responsibility. Stand up in house and says that something has come up and that he will take responsibility for it and fix it. If the minister ignores his or her duty to take responsibility, then it may be a call for a resignation: mi(cid:374)or i(cid:374)fra(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t lead to resignation, major infractions will though, not always so clear-cut. Every time even the smallest scandal, the opposition will ask for resignation. Judgement in politics is polarized (government will downplay its mps scandals)