POLI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Enumerated Powers, Minority Government, Ultra Vires
9 Oct 2015
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Desire for enlarged economic markets (canada 1867, australia 1901) Concession to regional/cultural minorities (canada, belgium, spain) Appreciation of local autonomy (principle of subsidiarity) Outlines in the british north american act, 1867. Federal government gets defense, marriage/divorce, currency (among other things) Residual powers that not mentioned in constitution goes to federal level. Courts determine if level of government is ultra vires. President is not a member of congress (separated from senate) Pm and cabinet are mps and executives. President is head of state and government. Means pm is head of government and 308 mps in house of commons in order to maintain majority. As long as bill gets over half votes in house of commons. If majority vote against, pm goes to governor general and disassemble government (resign) Exam question: advantages and disadvantages, features and what would you choose (presidential or parliamentary. Governments can be dissolved (1979, 2005, 2008) Know who to blame for poor bill.
