POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Bloc Québécois, Elections Canada, Red Tory
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Life span is a year and a half: take 6 months to pass bill, very unpredictable. Spend more time negotiating bills rather than attempt to passing them. The executive: heads of government and head of state, quee(cid:374) or , quee(cid:374)"s represe(cid:374)tati(cid:448)e, go(cid:448)er(cid:374)or ge(cid:374)eral, head of governement, pm and cabinet. Governor general"s role: crown and the monarch, functions, ceremonial functions for ex. Conferring the order of canada awards, receiving troops: symbol of state, advising the pm, dissolves parliament, gives royal assent. Who has the right to vote: youth/children (18 yrs. Red tories: liberal party of canada - govt. party, middle position, business and welfare liberalism, new democratic party - left of centre - collectivism, bloc quebecois - sovereignty - left of centre. Reformed by bill c-24 received royal assent on june 19, 2003. Individual donations limited to ,000/year (+ up to ,000 for a leadership campaign)