POLS 375 Lecture Notes - Helena Guergis
16 Mar 2013
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Rise of court government and foreign policy formulation. His power flows not necessarily from the position of prime minister. His power flows from the simultaneous power of other institutions that basically result in an elected dictator. Because of the powers of the pm, their personality and priorities are important determinates in canadian foreign policy. As a result, the prime minister has a personal stamp on foreign policy. The longer they"re prime minister, the stamps grow. Because they can, the prime minister often brings their personal ideology in foreign policy even if they are replacing someone. In contrast with the americans, you can see the shifts between presidents and see overlap in foreign policy. One of the reasons: congress is tougher and the administrative powers are weaker. There is no check on the prime minister, while there is a check on the u. s. president. The prime minister is the head of government and the head of the legislative assembly (parliament).
