POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sponsorship Scandal
14 Nov 2014
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Trustee, delegate, party member, social mirror, regional spokesperson. Legislative branch- makes the laws, this is parliament. Components of parliament: 3 components. Senate and hoc upper house- senate lord house- hoc. Senate is appointed by pm in canada. Hoc is elected (308 people elected) Senate was created to second thought. John a macdonald said protection of minority is purpose of minority (we know rich is always the minority) 7 provincial leg. and parliament to agree- amendment if you want to change amending formula, you need hoc. Policy planning in can. is more top down than in us. Overall, parliament and mp seem secondary in process. 1887- auditor(?) general- issues annual reports- triggered sponsorship scandal- . = removes parliament authority of these things and gives it to others. Representation- heart of democratic canada. We elect representatives to represent us we elect ppl who makes laws a representative democracy. 259- burke"s view: delegate view. Views as mp as representative.
