POLI 221 Lecture 3: Topic 3- The Formal Executive Crown and Governor General
5 Sep 2016
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Topic 3: the formal executive crown and governor general. The crown and its representative, the gg: dignified or efficient parts of the political system. Executive power: declaration of executive power in the queen the executive government and authority of an over canada is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the queen. There shall be one parliament for canada, consisting of the queen, an upper house styled the senate, and the house of commons. Representative and official of the british government. The governor general is the de facto head of state of canada the argument is that the queen is the head of state the governor general is just her representative. The governor general have the power to reserve legislation until the gg signs something that is passed by the parliament, it: must be passed by the house, Power: reserve (refuse to give consent to they can sign it, and disallow it afterwards.
