POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Responsible Government, Primus Inter Pares, Letters Patent, 1947

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2300
• Professor: Tamara Small

Document Summary

Lecture 4: the executive crown, prime minister and cabinet. These come to us because of the similar to that in the principle of the british government . In canada 2 people do the job what obama does in the states. Fusion of powers: the executive is part of the legislature, pm and cabinet are also part of the legislature. Constitution act, 1867 (section 9) executive power resides in the crown and the. Queen who is the head of state, queen is far away so we have the other actors such as gg and lg, lg are appointed by the queen on the advice of the pm. Royal prerogative (prerogative power) powers that the crown has that are not passed by the constitution or state law. Letters patent, 1947 - document that outlines the role of the gg. The power of the crown is quite limited, they should be neutral and unbiased.