PAP 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arraignment, Bob Rae, Fusio

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2320
• Professor: Christopher Cooper

Document Summary

The people are in power, they make the decision. Citizens elect person to present them and make decision on their behalf. We have what type of legislature in the federal government? chambers/house. Cabinet and prime minister (primus inter pares) government (becomes prime minister (first minister) There is fusion of power b/w the legislature and executive. Largely ceremonial (examples of turnover of minority governments) Party leader w/ largest number of seats in the house of commons asked to for the. Prime minister forms a cabinet from elected members of the house of commons. Send these people to the house of commons. Bicameral legislature is one in which the legislators are divided into two separate. Members of parliament voted to represent the people of their riding. Serve until the next election (unless early unexpected departure) The house falls and we have another elections. Reason given for this arraignment is that no party on its own can achieve a.