POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Treasury Board Secretariat
Document Summary
Prime minister is an mp and is elected in his or her electoral district. People vote for a party because they like the leader. Political party chooses someone to be the leader. Lots of analysis and discussion goes into researching who will be electable. Voters do not vote for the prime minister directly, but the leader of the party can get the voters interest and support. Much of the focus of the political advertising is on the leader. Many canadians choose who to vote for based on the leader. Parliament selects who the prime minister is. The party who has the confidence of the house of commons. Depends on a vote in the house of commons. After the vote, the governor general asks the leader if he or she can form the government, and then they sign papers. Voters decide on their electoral district candidate. House of commons decides who is the party leader that can get the confidence.
