POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parliamentary System, De Facto, Hereditary Monarchy
2 Jan 2017
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Where does executive power lie in the canadian political system: queen elizabeth it the queen of canada on paper, authority coheres in the monarchy on paper, different in practice. In a constitutional sense, it is the queen that is at the apex of canadian power. The governor general (at least on paper: appoints senators and judges, gives royal assent to law, summons and dissolves parliament. Crown power is exercised on the advice of the government of the day: and the governor general will almost always accept that advice. So the crown has very little real power in practice. That said, in the past there have been rare cases where the governor general has had some discretion in the use of her power and authority. Usually the governor general will dissolve parliament on the basis of a request from the. Prime minister: however, 1926 king-byng affair.
