POL 4134 Lecture Notes - Interim Leader, Michael Chong
4 Oct 2014
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September 17 roles of governmental (executive) and parliamentary (legislative) institutions under canada"s constitution. Parliament of canada"s how canadians govern themselves website, chapter 6: the. House of commons procedure and practice (2nd edition: 2009), chapter 1: parliamentary. House of commons procedure and practice (2nd edition: 2009), chapter 2: parliaments. Federal privy council office responsibility in the constitution webpage (only chapters. 1- we decided that caucuses would no longer elect or remove the party leader. 2- weakening of caucus powers: we gave party leaders in law the ability to approve or veto party candidates: allows party leaders to use the threat or power to remove party candidates. 3- undefined role of caucuses: weekly caucus meetings no longer make the decisions they used to make (over elected members of parliament to elect or remove: restricted rights of independent mps. Bill x the reform act, 2014: (*visit from michael chong*) 1- removes the statutory requirement that party leaders approve party candidates.
