POLS 2910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Simone Veil
11 Dec 2017
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Monarch/governor general prime minister cabinet. Prime minister and cabinet are drawn from the house of commons (and sometimes the senate) Monarch couldn"t tax w/o the federal government approval. Canada: the limitation that the british parliament didn"t have. Each level of government had parliamentary sovereignty no one level had it all. Democratic bc people are represented in the parliament, so they have law- making power. Ex. charter - can"t pass laws saying jw"s can"t hand out pamphlets. Quebec - 80% want the veil law, even if politicians don"t agree with it, they"re responding to the will of people. Need to be signed off by gg. Pm sends cabinet ministers things they"re responsible for puts them in charge of specific branches of govt. Part of the link to responsible govt. Pm needs to have support of the elected representatives, they lose power and there"s an election. Pm needs to be accountable to the representatives.
