POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Change, Responsible Government, Treasury Board
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Midterm: feb 22 in class, 1 essay, 4 of 8 definitions, essay on responsible government, chapters 1,2 3,6. Executive: formal executive(crown, political executive(cabinet and pm, bureaucratic executive(civil service) Where is executive power: some acknowledgement of prime minister and cabinet, section 11 or ca, 1867, (cid:862)quee(cid:374)(cid:859)s pri(cid:448)y cou(cid:374)(cid:272)il for ca(cid:374)ada(cid:863, cabinet, advisory to the crown. Cabinet conventions: collective responsibility and agreement, ho(cid:449) it happe(cid:374)s: (cid:862)(cid:373)ysti(cid:272)al (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause rules of de(cid:272)isio(cid:374) (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g are se(cid:272)reti(cid:448)e(cid:863, secrecy, representational (regional ministers) Larger provinces have more seats, smaller ones have less seats: not always easy to do, other regional concerns, regional ministers, non-territorial representation. Linguistic, party harmony, gender(15/15), ethnicity, religion: parliamentary secretaries(36-12/24, 36 parliament secretaries: answer on behalf of their ministers, also given delegated duties for their ministers, not involved in cabinet decision making, but elevated from government officials. Justice: national defense, families, children, and social development, foreign affairs, health.
