MGSC03H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: General Idea, Sheila Copps, United Kingdom Cabinet Committee
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Ch 6 - how cabinet works blakeney & borins. Overall priorities of a govt are usually put forward first in election platforms. After the election, they"re set out under pm"s direction in the throne speeches that open. New issues & priorities can arise due to political, economical & international circumstances. During chretian"s tenure, there were several unsuccessful attemps to invovle the entire. In the end, the annual budget became the primary instrument for allocating & implementing govt priorities made solely by the pm and the minister of finance instead of the cabinet. Management & organization of cabinet is one of the most important prerogatives of the. Jean chretien found pearson"s cabinet meetings too unfocused & trudeau"s too long, too many committees: he felt that it took away too much of the ministers" time. When there was no apparent consensus & he did not have strong views, he would decide later.
