POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Parliamentary System, Responsible Government
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Best determiner of a countries political system: look at its colonial history. Parliamentary system: unitary system of gov because there is really only one branch of government. Why did harper call for such a long campaign? (typically 5 weeks, this election 11 weeks) Amendments made to increase campaign spending(only conservatives can afford to spend that much) Signi cantly greater tax on canadians because of it. Pm is voted in the same as every other mp, by being voted in in their riding. Responsible government exists so long as the members of parliament support their proposals. Cabinet controls what does and does not get discussed, making opposition much weaker(exception being private members bills which are almost never passed) President can appoint members of cabinet from anywhere, anyone can be a cabinet member(senate must approve those appointments) Different branches can be governed by different parties(though this often leads to deadlock) America: higher national population does not equal more representatives.
