SOSC 1200 Lecture Notes - Individual Ministerial Responsibility, Parliamentary Sovereignty, Westminster System
14 Dec 2013
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There is no higher law in all of the land. Parliament has a fundamental right to make any law what so ever: federalism, the constitution act of 1982, any number of reform proposals that have been suggested to our political system. Legislative branch i: house of commons: structure and functions, the lower house, the elected house. Based on population: divided by an aisle. On one side the government (on the right), the other side the opposition (on the left). Are directly facing each other: the governmental side seeks approval for there initiatives. Only votes in the case of the tie. You must be recognized by the speaker in order to speak. Surveillance: to oversee what the government is doing. Types of bills: private members bill: proposed by private members of legislation, does not have the backing of the crown. Almost never becomes law: government bill: involves those that spend public money, and those that do not.
