POL224Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: George Smitherman, Rob Ford, Montesquieu
22 Nov 2016
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Special guest speakers: george smitherman & david warner. Former is a former ontario minister of energy and infrastructure; he notably ran in a. Latter was a former mpp, rst elected in 1975 and former speaker of the ontario. Key points: smitherman: we"re stronger when we compromise. , warner: no one took notes; we just shook hands. Every one kept their word. : warner: we were political opponents, not political enemies. , warner: politics is not a science, its an art. We"d be better off having 7-year terms like the french. Federal state = a state where sovereignty is split between independent levels of government, each having nal authority in at least one policy domain. Unitary state = a state which is not a federation. This sort of society prevents all manner of inconveniences. Despite the global presence of federations (federal states are on all six populous continents), most states in the world are unitary states (~86%)
