Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nonpartisanism, Legislature, Walter Bagehot
21 Oct 2015
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Legislative power to make law, debates public issues. Lecture 3: executive implements laws, passes legislature, business of governing is done efficiently, accountably, legally. Judicial courts who interpret laws and the constitutionality of laws. Formal executive: s. 17, ca, 1867 there shall be one parliament for canada, consisting of the queen, an. Britain: 1896 refused appointments by defeated pm tupper (tupper lost election but was still holding office until new government was set up, 1926 king-byng dispute . Pm king with minority government faced a vote they were sure to lose (non-confidence motion would have followed) so he went to gg lord. Byng asking to dissolve parliament and hold an election. Byng said no, who went to arthur meighan (leader of opposition) asking him to make a government. Last time gg made decision like that, refusing request of pm: 2008 gg brought into spotlight. Remaining functions of gg: consultation right to be consulted to encourage and warn (walter bagehot, reserve powers a.
