POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Parliamentary Debate, Currying, Treasury Board Secretariat
21 Nov 2017
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What do central agencies do and why have they grown more influential. Forms cabinet committees & appoints their members. Diminishes representational roles for cabinet ministers (cid:862)(cid:272)a(cid:271)i(cid:374)et has (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e a fo(cid:272)us group for the pri(cid:373)e mi(cid:374)ister(cid:863) What the pm ants done gets done , not much else. Bias toward inaction in policy making : error free administration prevails (no miskatke pls, this is what the pco and pmo are motivated by. We know who did them ( or didn"t do them ), we know who to blame . In 1867 government was small: there was only a handful of departments , and no. Today the scope and complexity of government is massive. So cabinet needs support, which is provided by central agencies : the dep. Of finance: the privy council office, the treasury board secretariat, the pmo. Drafts the budget and all eco statements by the minister of finance. Advises on tax and trade policy , spending and debt.
