Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Responsible Government, Social Representation
13 Apr 2016
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Larger voter turnout, 68% compared to 61% in 2011. A lot of those votes were translated in liberal ones. Large win in the atlanic, gta, and around montreal for the liberals as these regions were not consistently always liberal. Changes to be seen in trudeau"s new cabinet. Lots of change to be seen in the operaion of the house of commons. Two central funcions of the house of commons in canada: representaion, accountability. Will refer to how well does the house of commons do to represent a responsible government. Funcions of the house of commons: make a government. To elect a government: make a government work. To give them funds and the means to run: make a government behave. To be a watchdog to make the government accountable for the decisions they make: make an alternaive government. The funcion of opposiion paries to present themselves as legiimate governments in waiing.
