POL336Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mitchell Hepburn, Federal Public Service Commission, Cabinet Collective Responsibility
22 Nov 2017
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Pol336 lecture 9: westminster model in ontario(part 2) Legislative-executive relations under fpa: westminster model: convention of collective cabinet solidarity, combined with party discipline, ensures majority government exercises control over the legislature: Fpa strengthens executive control over legislature: parliamentary assistants (pa) = parliamentary secretaries (ps) in canadian parliament: govt. members aren"t in cabinet, rather required to accept all cabinet decisions supporting their minister. Ambitious: wanting to get promoted to cabinet > pas usual stepping stone to. Backbenchers: natural candidates for rebellion in both h. o. c. b/c realization that they have little chances getting into cabinet: federal level: (trudeau govt. ) > 114 mps not in cabinet or serving as parliamentary. Secretary (another liberal mp is the speaker) ==> trudeau government"s ministers + ps"s constitute only 36. 4% of government caucus and & total only is 19. 5% of entire h. o. c: provincial level: (wynne govt. ) > cabinet and pas constitute 92% of govt. caucus (under.
