ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tim Hortons, Free Market, Neoliberalism
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Interest groups (ngo non-governmental organizations: political parties, media, citizen experts, citizens, branches of government. Unequal players: different actors influence the policy making process in different ways and at different times, some individuals are more important at specific times, think about the policy cycle and where actors enter and exit the process. Invite the experts to the meetings to discuss the topic/issue at hand: as questions and try to learn about the issue and the expert might give advice on which policy instrument they think works best. Conservative party: 2003, centre-right (initially the tory"s) Ndp: 1961, centre-left, have a leadership race going on right now, open to carbon pricing. Social democracy associated with big government, government programs, social spending. Liberal: 1861 oldest party in canada, centre. Doing what the people want: less ideologically consistent across issues and flip flop depending on how they can capture votes, only the conservatives and the liberals have ever controlled government.
