PSCI 1100 Test Questions and Answers All Correct
Principle of Responsible Government - Answer-The executive branch (i.e. the government) is answerable to the elected legislative assembly. In order to rule, the executive branch must be supported by a majority of members of the legislative assembl...
Principle of Responsible Government - Answer-The executive branch (i.e. the
government) is answerable to the elected legislative assembly. In order to rule, the
executive branch must be supported by a majority of members of the legislative
assembly (i.e. it must maintain the confidence of a majority of the elected
representatives of the people).
Key features of a parliamentary system - Answer-No strict separation between the
executive and legislative powers.
Government that loses confidence of a majority in the elected assembly must step down
Strict party discipline/strong parties (because government might fall if loses confidence
vote.)
Elections can take place anytime.
Government not automatically party with most seats, but whichever can maintain
confidence of majority in legislature.
Key constitutional provisions regarding executive power - Answer-Executive power is
vested in the Queen (clause 9)
Executive power is to be exercised by a representative of the Queen who acts on her
behalf (Clause 10)
There shall be a council to aid and advise in the government of Canada known as the
'Queen's Privy Council for Canada' (Clause 11)
Constitutional powers of Governor General - Answer-1. Choosing and dismissing
advisors/members of the privy council (s.11)
2. Appointing Senators (s.24)
3. Appointing the Lieutenant Governors of each province (s.58)
4. Appointing all superior court judges, including judges of the SC (s.96)
5. Summoning and dissolving the House of Commons (s.38 and s.50).
6. Recommending money bills (s.54)
7. Assenting to or refusing assent to all bills passed by Parliament or reserving
judgement subject Queen's decision (s.55-57)
, The Queen's Privy Council of Canada - Answer-There shall be a council to aid and
advise in the Government of Canada, to be styled the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada; and the Persons who are to be Members of that Council shall be from Time to
Time chosen and summoned by the GG and sworn in as Privy Councillors, and
Members thereof may be from Time to Time removed by the GG.
Reserve Powers of the Governor General - Answer-The reserve powers of the
Governor General can be exercised in relation to...
1. Choosing and dismissing the Prime Minister
2. Appointing Senators or judges
3. Dissolving or proroguing Parliament.
Powers of the Canadian Prime Minister - Answer-Prime Minister appoints all of the
following:
-Governor General
-Independent officers of Parliament
-Supreme Court and federal Court Judges
-Senators
-Public Inquiries and who leads them
-Chief of the RCMP
-Governors of Bank of Canada
-Ambassadors
-Heads of Crown Corporations
-Members of Cabinet
Definition of a 'Regime' - Answer-What defines a political community and gives it its
basic identity/characters. The regime refers to a country's fundamental political
institutions and the basic principles that inform them.
Definition of a Constitution - Answer-a body of fundamental principles or established
precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be
governed.
Typical Functions of a constitution - Answer-1. Identify the various forms of authority
(e.g. legislative, executive, judicial);
2. Define/allocate the powers of each and their relations to each other;
3. Identify the institutions or individuals who will exercise the various forms of authority
and how they are to be chosen;
4. Identify the basic rules or procedures governing how the basic institutions will
operate.
5. Set out the relationship between the various forms of authority and the citizens (e.g.
their rights and obligations).
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