POL382H1 Lecture : jan182012POL382.doc
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Former foreign affairs advisor (2002-2004: made the decision not to go to iraq, but to go to afghanistan, guantanamo, maher arar. Margaret thatcher joke: margaret and her cabinet go to a restaurant. Thatcher what will you be eating today? she answers: Steak, rare waiter: and for the vegetables? thatcher: they (pointing to cabinet) will have the same thing. Joking that the cabinet has no power and that they are merely vegetables. If the cabinet has no power than neither does the people! vs. dictator. Problem with parliament is that if the party in power has a majority than we" are on the fringe of a possible dictatorship. Us has no functioning regular cabinet (no discussion) Canada- cabinet meets to discuss every tuesday: issues are departmentalized but everyone discusses! The mere fact that the pm has the power to elect cabinet ministers means that they have omnipotent power (this power comes from diverse set of sources)
