POG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: United States District Court, Bully Pulpit, Treasury Board Secretariat

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Patrice Dutil

Document Summary

Westminster hybrid (semi-presidential, semi-parliamentary) true republican. Made to create laws, approve the budget (money is at the core: people chosen by the people, the government must present itself to the legislature holds government accountable/legitimacy. Legislative structures: unicameral with monarch: canadian provinces, new zealand, denmark, unicameral republics: cuba, finland, hungary, bicameral with monarch: canada, uk, belgium, bicameral republics: usa, russia, poland, india, france, brazil, switzerland. House of commons/legislative assembly: lawmaking (committee work), debate and accountability, budgeting for government, mps: representing whose views their own views, the views of constituents, the views of their party in parliament, representing parliament to their constituents. Role of opposition shadow government : without opposition you have a dictatorship, alternative ideas, they are there to challenge the government. The second legislative branch: the appointed senate/house of lords. In the canadian senate chamber, senators review bills passed in house of commons and introduce their own legislation: but not bill that raise or allocate public funds.