POLI 222 Lecture 6: Political Science 222 lecture 6.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 222
• Professor: Christa Scholtz

Document Summary

Our political party system is quite regionalized: national party, liberal party of canada (major party) in 1997 won all but one seat in on, under trudeau government always had equal representation in ontario and quebec. Federal parties: do not have candidates in all regions of the party. Provincial party system: don"t compete federally, solely provincially. Not as simple as the us, democrat, republican on a federal level. Regionalism and central institutions: house of commons, senate. It is not to fix regional issues it is it to fix democratic problems. Senates ability to act as a regional voice is tarnished. Pm chooses whomever he wants, usually members of his party from the house or senate, they become central executives. Assigned cabinet portfolios and hold legal responsibility. 3 from rest of canada: first ministers conferences. Also have sectorial specific conferences (example: health) Managing regionalism through central institution has fallen to the federalist government.