POLI 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Unilateralism, Fail-Safe, Mechanical Equilibrium
20 Sep 2016
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Poli221 formal executives crown and governor general reading notes. Nelson, pg 99-107 the executive: crown, prime minister, and cabinet. Constitutional monarchy: a democracy headed by a king or queen: queen is the canadian head of state but she reigns according to the constitution, dual executive: the formal and symbol executive powers and the effective executive. The local representative in canada for the queen. The pm choose the gg who serves a 5year term. Derived from the constitution act 1867, the letters patent, and the royal prerogative. 1867 act gave the gg the power to appoint regular senators and judges, to appoint the. Speaker o the senate, give royal assent to legislation, and to recommend money bills to the hoc letters patent: creates the office of gg and accords it additional authority, confers on the. Would be unconstitutional for the gg to refuse to give assent to any piece of legislation. Another prerogative power is to dismiss a government.
