SSCI 1010U Lecture 3: Structure of the Canadian Government (Chapter 3)
11 Feb 2017
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Chapter 3: three branches/pillars of government, legislative, executive, judicial. The legislature: the rst branch of government, statues: the primary form of legislation, subordinate legislation - regulations and municipal bylaws. Statues: the power to make statues is divided between the federal parliament and provincial legislatures, four types of statues, constitutionally entrenched statues, federal statues, provincial statues, territorial statues. Structure of statues: title, chapter number or citation, table of contents, preamble, parts, sections, sectional endnotes (legislative history, marginal notes or headnotes, schedules, bilingual text. The executive: the second branch of government. Executive branch: administers and implements our laws, the government . The crown: formal head of state and chief executive, reigns through representatives - the governor general (federal) and lieutenant governors (provincial) Responsible government: responsible (or parliamentary) government, 1867: responsible government became the system for canada. The judiciary: the third branch of government. Decide whether a statue offends the charter. Decide if a statue has superseded a common law rule.
