POL214Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Westminster System, Primary And Secondary Legislation
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Westminster model the model of representative and responsible government used in the uk and in other countries that emulate it. Prime minister the head of government, meaning the person chosen by the governor general to form a government able to retain the confidence of a majority of the elected house of. Formal executive that part of the executive consisting of the queen and the governor general, a(cid:374)d the quee(cid:374)"s pri(cid:448)(cid:455) cou(cid:374)(cid:272)il for ca(cid:374)ada, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h possesses for(cid:373)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)al authorit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d by convention acts on the advice of the political executive. Cabinet the a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e part of the quee(cid:374)"s pri(cid:448)(cid:455) cou(cid:374)(cid:272)il for ca(cid:374)ada. Minister and ministers, it controls most of the executive and legislative powers of government. The crown the repository of all of the executive powers of the state and is the supreme authority for government. Prerogative power the powers the monarch once uniquely possessed that have not been taken away by parliament.
