POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Justin Trudeau, Responsible Government
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There is no consensus today on the extent to which the senate has the real-world authority or the legitimacy to block the house of commons. Justi(cid:374) trudeau"s (cid:374)e(cid:449) i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t e(cid:374)ators (cid:449)ill (cid:374)ot auto(cid:373)atically (cid:448)ote as the pm would want them to. So far justin trudeau has been keeping his promise of reforming the. The group of people trudeau has appointed to the senate is an impressive group: they appear tot fulfill pm"s ca(cid:373)paig(cid:374) pro(cid:373)ise to (cid:373)ake the institution more diverse and gender balanced. Of these independent senators: 16 are females, 10 males. However, all of the new senators are upper-middle class professionals that have supported social causes requiring big government intervention and spending. Merit is a matter of opinion first problem. Under responsible government the government of the day is not accountable to the senate, but to the house of commons second problem. Bureaucracy the non-partisan public service & ministers. Ministers are elected and are accountable they make decisions official.
