POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Zero-Sum Game, 6 Years, North American Free Trade Agreement
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Fundamental difference: organize power differently and dispersed different decisions are processed differently. Gives individuals more power in one system vs another. Westminister house of parliament (london uk) most influential parliamentary system. Most of europe except france also has parliamentary system. Important predictor is what its colonial power was. Us is most influential example of presidential system. Many countries that have fallen under the influence of us has presidential systems. We vote for mp for our riding, not pm. Westminister model: crown or rep of crown asks majority to form gov. Possible election outcomes: majority government when one party wins absolute majority of seats. (if it won. 170+ seats: minority gov. wins a plurality (not majority but most seats) will also be asked to form a gov. but minority. Majority of canadians actually voted for other parties. Minority is weaker, can never claim that it has the support of maj of pop.
