POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Self-Reference, Constitutionalism, Imagined Communities
13 Oct 2017
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The crown only acts on the advise of ministers. Crown will only appoint ministers who have the con dence of the house. If the house expresses a lack of con dence in a ministry responsible government has broken down, and either the ministry of the house must be replaced. Parliament has three components: the crown, the senate, and the house of commons. Head of state: queen elizabeth ii represented by governor general. House of commons: 338 members (308 prior to last election) Large disconnect between public perception of mp"s and what mp"s do. Most canadians think their mp hard working, but feel that overall mp"s do not work hard (fenno"s. Research indicates mp"s some of the hardest working canadians by hours worked. Mp"s consistently rank low on public opinion surveys. Scrutiny of public expenditure - public accounts committee chaired by opposition. Federalism and constitutionalism two of the principles of the canadian regime. Federalism cannot exist without constitutionalism ( institutional structures)
