Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Donald J. Savoie, Focus Group, Fot

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Cameron Anderson

Document Summary

Institutions and institutional analysis: constitution as master institution, written (entrenched and non entrenched and common law) and unwritten (conventions) Three branches of canadian government: legislature, executive, judiciary, executive: monarch, governor general, pm, cabinet, bureaucracy. Tasked with forum of public debate and with the power to make laws pass legislation. E(cid:454)e(cid:272)uti(cid:448)e: autho(cid:396)it(cid:455) to i(cid:373)ple(cid:373)e(cid:374)t la(cid:449)s a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)su(cid:396)e the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)"s (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess is being completed accountably, efficiently. Judiciary: supreme court of canada, other federally appointed courts. Formal executive: (cid:1013), ca, 1(cid:1012)(cid:1010)(cid:1011): (cid:862)the e(cid:454)e(cid:272)uti(cid:448)e go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t and authority of and over canada is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the queen. Our governor general is doctor david johnston started in 2010 former dean of law at. Western term lasts 5-6 years almost coming up appointed by the queen on advice of the advice of the prime minister. Post ww2-2000, historically a partisan employee more recently, non-partisan.