POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Westminster System, 150Th Anniversary Of Canada, Pierre Trudeau
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Their decisions then become the laws that govern canadian society. Canadians and brits often travel to see how the other system solves problems. Two houses: mp"s goes to house of commons, appointed to senate. One has to be a mp to be another member of government. Members of the cabinet also has to be mp"s. Executive branch also members of the legislative branch. Caucus: group of members in a certain party (only one party in house of. Pm has a lot of power in the canadian system. More power than an elected leader in any other democratic system (including us) A country that has two levels of government (national and sub-national) Canada is the most decentralized federation (provinces have relatively more power than other sub-national governments in other countries) Quebec has had two referendums for independence (1980 and 1985) Tension between francophone and anglophones have defined federal policy. Federation began in 1867, 2017 in 150th anniversary of canadian federation.
