POLSCI 1AB3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Beverley Mclachlin, Justin Trudeau, Proportional Representation
23 Nov 2017
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The 2020 canadian federal election was a hard-fought contest: the ballots were counted and no one party won a majority of seats in the house of commons. Occupy party won more seats than any other party, and the leader of that party has been asked to form government. As leader of the occupy party (and now prime minister), you have set an ambitious policy agenda for the next session of parliament. In answering this question, be certain to discuss the system of checks and balances in the canadian political system i. e. the relationship between the prime minister, the house of commons, the senate, and the. Canada is technically a constitutional monarchy, with the power being held at the hand of the. She, on paper, runs canada through an appointed figure, the governor general. Governor general appoints senators and judges, summons and dissolves parliament, and approves laws passed by the government.
