POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: House Of Commons Of Canada, Senate Of Canada, Minority Government
19 Feb 2017
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Systemic model of government branches of government: executive prime minister, governor general, legislative house of commons, senate. Judicial supreme court and lower level courts: different levels of government (federal, provincial, municipal) Comparison to united states (separation and fusion: power in united states is separated; in canada it is fused together. In canada we vote for the house of commons representatives, senate is appointed, and prime minister is elected based on party with the most votes: president is voted in separately, senate separately, and house of commons separately. In the u. s. the 3 different electives can represent different parties (president = democratic, senate = republic, house of commons = republic but in canada everyone is part of the same party. This is a problem because he cannot initiate a bill, he can veto a bill but his bills can be vetoed too. Executive: the u. s president cannot be a member of legislature.
