Political Science 2211E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bicameralism, Bp, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms
21 Oct 2015
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Legislature legislates by passing policy/laws: executive governs by initiating and enforcing policy/laws. Judiciary interprets policy/laws in order to settle disputes. Includes: prime minister and cabinet, crown, bureaucracy. The crown: queen is official head of state, represented by the governor general appointed by pm, mostly ceremonial, reads speech from the throne when government is first elected, written by governing party but read by gg. Leader of party with most seats elected leader by the party. Initiates policy and laws: appoint ministers, senators, ambassadors, judges, etc. Is assisted by political staff in the pmo (prime minister"s office: communications specialist, political specialist, issues specialist, etc. The cabinet: ministers responsible for a portfolio" i. e. a department (i. e, ministers responsible for a portfolio" i. e. a department (i. e. finance minister, foreign. Affairs: ministers are elected mps appointed to cabinet by the pm pm picks people he wants in cabinet from his mps, assisted by parliamentary secretaries understudy to the minister, also mp.
