PO263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Royal Assent, The Little Review, Cabinet Collective Responsibility
15 Nov 2016
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The prime minister and cabinet exercise whatever powers are given to the queen and the governor general in the constitution . Constitutional monarchy: the of cial designation of the canadian form of government, characterized by a monarch who is head of state but who rules according to the constitution, which con des almost all governmental power into other hands. Evolution of cabinet government 1: not a lot of support to get rid of governor general, the structure of power is executive- not parliament-centred , canada has government in and with, but not by , parliament. Cabinet: the collection of ministers selected by the prime minister to provide ministerial leadership to government departments and agencies as well as providing advice to the prime minister and on the development of government policies and programs. Cabinet meetings: general discussions (pm, presentations (m/dm, nominations (oics, cabinet committee decisions (little review, no votes (pm de nes consensus )
