POLC68H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Great Depression, No In, Law Society
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You can get rid of convention but that"s not going to get rid of underlying problems. That"s what american constitution was trying to do, but they still have conventions. The pm=the pm b/c they have confidence of the house. When the pm loses election, they step down. There are things in canadian constitution that are foreign. Rather than west minister we have federalism. Focused on seeting up new institutions for state. Constitutions constitutionalize political structures from 1791, puts them into bna act. Ontario had an upper house like the senate, but have been abolished. Power of queen: canada= constitutional monarchy with executive power vested in her, not in pm, not in cabinent, although there"s a provision that gives her power. Governor general: establishes vice regal office, crown isn"t doing any work, work is done by her symbolic representative. Privy council: former pms remained members of privy but not of cabinet, advice comes from cabinet.
