Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Charlottetown Accord, First Nations, First Party System
14 Mar 2018
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Mega-constitutional politics: constitution act, 1982 (coraf, amending formula, meech lake accord (1987-1990, charlottetown accord (canada round) (1992) A constitutional odyssey: non-constitutional renewal, 1995 sovereignty referendum in quebec 50. 6% voted no, 49. 4% yes, plan a, plan b. Mega-constitutional politics under trudeau ii : mulcair trudeau exchange in first debate what"s your number? , no mention of quebec, constitution in platform, commitment to bilingualism in platform, mention of aboriginal, first nations and metis. Political parties: parties are separate from the state, functions of parties: (yoda, political party: organized group that nominates candidates and contests elections in order to influence the personnel and policy of government , 1. Integrating citizens into the political party: 2. Developing policy: what they would do in government proposed during campaign, 3. Elite recruitment: of key individuals to be strong leaders within their party, 4. Organization of government: parties are central to the functioning of the house of commons, structure is based on partisan allegiance and alliance, 5.
