Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Plurality Voting System, Unbridled, Representative Democracy
16 Oct 2016
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Legislature: house of commons: cabinet is focus group for the pm savoie 1999, collective / individual responsibility, diluted meanings today, cabinet membership, pm sources of power, organization of cabinet decision making and its versions. Parliament: house of commons: quotes about the house of commons, canadian government based on the rule of law and it is within representative legislative bodies that laws are created and legitimized. 4 atlantic provinces (pei and new brunswick) (1915 amendment) can"t have fewer mps then they do senators well over represented in comparison to population: 1985 representation act (grandfather clause) Prairies (saskatchewan and manitoba cannot have smaller number of mps going forward than they did in 1985 (therefore can"t lose seats even if decrease population: representation rule. If province becomes under rep. due to reproportionation they can get more seats: tended to undermine bc, ab and on, representation in h o c, territory (province, territory (rural vs. urban constituencies)
