POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Minority Language, Negative And Positive Rights, Responsible Government
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> elected assembly in power each representing a certain aspect and area of canada. Maintain con dence of the house of commons to stay in power. Constitutional monarchy: head of state who operates within a written, unwritten or blended constitution, head of state > queen & governor general when the queen is not present (almost always, mostly a ceremonial position. Constitution: set of authoritative rules, laws, or conventions. > laws: codi ed rules that can be enforced. > how power is allocated: lays out federalism. > provincial and federal level (constitution splits the power between the two: heavily in uenced by the british and american constitution. Systems of government: legislative system - law making, tax $ spending for different policies, cabinet - made up of the ministers of government (finance, health, senate - not allowed to spend tax $ Misc: charter of rights and freedoms came in 1982, date of entry of different provinces:
