POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Donald J. Savoie

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2101
• Professor: Andre Lecours

Document Summary

In a parliamentary system there are two physicians of executive power, a head of state (the. Queen) and a head of government (pm): fusion of legislative and executive power. Typically, in a parliamentary system, in order to be a member of the executive branch, you must be a member of the legislature branch; either in the house of commons or the senate: responsible government: the question of. The party that controls the most seats in parliament, for a government to exist a party must have confidence in the house of commons. The majority of the house is expressed in it"s most formal way through a vote of the. House where 50% of the participants have confidence in the government. In the case of the minority government, the conflict is that the party is vulnerable, any member can ask the question of confidence and the government can be overthrown.