POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Responsible Government, James Bezan, Grandfather Clause
6 Dec 2016
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Key terms: central agencies/cabinet support agencies, parliament. Senate: party discipline- what the costs and positive and negative aspects. Cabinet support agencies: remember from wednesday: executive power in the hands of the pm and the cabinet. Implements laws need people to coordinate them: central agencies are a term to designate those agencies who have coordinating roles with the executive. Those organizations work across different departments to provide advice to the pm and cabinet and to ensure policy coercion and coordination on there behalf: help by central agencies, four central agencies. Pmo- it serves the political interest of the pm such as ensuring what is the message coming out of the government. Those who work in the pmo are politically appointed. They serve at the pleasure of the pm and there position is not a permanent one. They assist the pm in fulfilling his role as a mp- they provide advice on priorities (political implications strategies, tactics).
