POSC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Responsible Government, Plurality Voting System, Individualism
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Governments not only make the law but have to follow the law as well. Politics is a conflict over different conceptions of the good life (access to healthcare, education) Politics can be a rough business, but fortunately there are well established rules in canada to handle political conflict in a civilized fashion. The canadian political system is governed by the rule of law. Preamble to the constitution act, 1867 (formerly the bna act) Core principles of the constitution act, 1867: the westminster parliamentary form of responsible government, the federal system of government. In a federal political system, there are two constitutionally entrenched orders of government that are both supreme or sovereign in their spheres of jurisdiction. After an election, we attempt to figure out who has the support of a majority in parliament. The single member plurality electoral system or first-past-the-post. Political culture refers to the sum total of political value, attitudes and beliefs in a country.
