POL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Unanimous Consent, Royal Assent, Legislative Assembly Of Ontario

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 101
• Professor: Kristin Vickers

Document Summary

Constitutional monarchy: queen is the head of state but decisions on legislation (public policy) and the budget (the raising of revenue and expenditures) are made by members of parliament (senate and the house of common). Despite the formal constitutional authority of the monarch and the role of an appointed senate, the. House of commons, the legislative body elected by the citizens of canada, led by the prime. Government by the people, of the people and for the people. Gender: 51% of the population but 88/338 (26%) of mps in the house of commons: *gender balance in the cabinet. Ethno-racial identity: 20. 8% of the population bit 46/338 or 13. 6% of the mps in the house of. Increase in the number of indigenous mps, 4. 3% of the population but 10/338 or 3% of the mps in the house of commons (3 or . 089% in 2011)