SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: October Crisis, Pierre Laporte, Nuclear Family
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Sy101- lesson 19- politics power and authority continued and chapter 13 intro to the family. The united states vs canada: seymour martin lipset. The united states: u. s. born out of a revolution, more stress put on individualism, distrust of government, this is reflected in the u. s. constitution. Canada: canada born out of a counter-revolution, free institutions with strong monarchical state, canadian individualism tempered by a sense of communal responsibility, accept a greater role of the state, this is reflected in the canadian constitution. Canada is a federal state and a parliamentary democracy. Independent federal state with the queen as the head of state. Canadians elect their politicians, though voter turnout varies. Legal jurisdiction or real powers of enforcement are reserved for the federal parliament. Other residual powers are distributed among provincial and municipal governments. Three levels: the queen: cannot make law, the senate: limited lawmaking power, the parliament: ultimate lawmaking power.
