POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canada Health Act, Canada Revenue Agency, Financial Statement

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1400
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

Document Summary

In this unit we will continue our discussion by studying the context of the parliamentary. System (including more on the cabinet and the executive) and the bureaucracy. We will explore the ways in which an original bill makes its way through the house of. Commons, and review the functions and powers of the house of commons, the. Executive, cabinet solidarity and minority and majority governments. We will also discuss governmental organizations, particularly government departments, crown corporations, and other types of administrative agencies such as regulatory agencies. The main theme of this chapter is to evaluate the various government agencies and their lines of accountability. Individual ministerial responsibility: collective ministerial responsibility, government departments, crown corporations, regulatory agencies. The three branches of canadian government consist of the executive, the legislature and the judicial systems. In this unit, we will focus on the executive and the legislature.