POL 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 23: Canada Health Act, Central Link, Financial Statement
11 Apr 2016
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The elected representatives of the canadian people meet in open, verbal combat in question period in the house of commons about 135 days a year. The hoc is the central link between the public and the government in canadian democracy, and, as such, is the furnace of national politics. The senate, on the other hand, is normally a much more peaceful place and is viewed by many. Canadians as a group of unelected, elderly party hacks who collect generous remuneration for doing little work. Every four or five (or more often if there is minority governments), voters in each local constituency elect their representative to the hoc. As well as the hoc, the parliament of canada includes the queen and the senate, and a bill must be approved by all three parts to become a law. Canada is sometimes said to employ the westminster model of government because it is based on the.
