POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Responsible Government, Parliament Week, Cabinet Collective Responsibility
20 May 2014
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Memorial trophy: lady byng donated canadian byng trophies and it"s for the hockey player and best type of sportsmanship and not being obnoxious. Wayne dusky won it 4 times in a row. In practise: voters elect members of house of commons. Another legislative body called the canadian senate who are appointed by the prime minister. Leading person in the cabinet is the pm and pm picks the cabin. Cabinet is at the center of political process. Pm is the most important political office and the cabinet is responsible to him and the. Used in uk and most uk commonwealth. Usa: voters elect people to us senate and house of representations. Electoral college picks president and vice-president and president elects the cabinet and it cannot be someone from the senate or house of representatives. Party discipline: maintain its support of its mps. In usa, obama needs the support of congressmen and house of representatives and the senate.
