POL 2101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Alliance, Party System, Progressive Conservative Party Of New Brunswick

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

Document Summary

The basic principles of the canadian public service: neutrality; meritocracy; representation. The role of the bureaucracy: agenda-setting, advising, implementing, evaluating. The typical structure of a government department. The role of the central agencies: tbs, finance, pco. The executive, the house, the judiciary, the auditor-general, central agencies. Some policy instruments: public spending; taxation; regulation; symbolic responses. Week 8 the judiciary and the charter: Federalism and the political question of supreme court judge"s nomination. Critics of the charter: quebec, the left and the right. Understanding parties in canada: brokering and canadian politics. Historical background: "the natural" party of government. The liberals in the 1980s: the rift over federalism. The dilemmas of the present-day liberal party. Historical roots: the commonwealth cooperative federation (ccf), 1932-1961. Meech lake, lucien bouchard and the creation of the bloc (1991) From sovereignty to the defence of quebec"s interests".