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Ch. 6 Flashcards

1
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Redound

A

contribute greatly to (a person’s credit or honor).

“his latest diplomatic effort will redound to his credit”

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Portent

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a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.
“they believed that wild birds in the house were portents of death”

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Governor-In-Council

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A Governor in Council (GIC) appointment is one made by the Governor General, on the advice of the Queen’s Privy Council of Canada (i.e., the Cabinet). The appointments are made through an Order in Council (OIC) and range from heads of agencies and chief executive officers of Crown corporations to members of quasi-judicial tribunals.

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Panopoly

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A collection of things.

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5
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Central executive

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  1. Political and non-political elements of executive engaged in generating and coordinating central policy.
  2. Cabinet, cabinet committees, PMO (Prime Ministers Office), PCO (Privy Council Office), Department of Finance, Treasury Board Secretariat, etc.
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Exigency

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an urgent need or demand.

“women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it”

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De novo

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“from the new” - deciding on something without consideration of past rulings.

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8
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Dignified executive

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authority

Queen, Governor General, privy council

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9
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Efficient executive

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power

Prime minister, cabinet, public service

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10
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Institutionalized cabinet

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Adopted by fed. and provinces

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Governor General prov. equiv.

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Lieutenant-Governor

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Privy Council prov. equiv

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Executive council

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Prime minister prov. equiv.

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Premier

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14
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Interlocutor

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A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

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15
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Prorogue

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Discontinue a session of (a parliament or other legislative assembly) without dissolving it.

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16
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Cabinet formation

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?

17
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First Minister

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Prime Minister

18
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Collective Responsibility

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Responsibility of cabinet:

  1. to the monarch
  2. Itself
  3. elected House
19
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Convention of cabinet secrecy

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Cabinet discussions should be accessible by courts unless disclosure will interfere with public interest.

20
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Cabinet fed. v. prov.

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Fed. cabinet smaller percentage of Commons than prov. assembly

21
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Territorial Executives - lieutenant governor

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Commissioner, now Premier

22
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Territories: Party Politics v. Consensus Gov

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Party Politics = Yukon

Consensus Government = NWT and Nunavut, everyone runs as an independent, similar to coalition government

23
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Traditional Cabinet

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1867 - 1920s

Before rise of administrative state and executive federalism

24
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Departmentalized Cabinet/Unaided Cabinet

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1920s - 1960s

Departments and ministers engines of public sector expansion

Ministers portfolio loyalty

25
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Institutionalized cabinet

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1960s - 1990s

central agencies and management techniques

Ministers represent government-wide priorities and objectives of cabinet

Greater power-sharing

Planning-budgeting nexus

Decision-making more structured in centralized cabinet

26
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Post-Institutionalized cabinet

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Court Government

27
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Court Government

A

Donald Savoie

Spender-Guardian dichotomy

Power away from Ministers to centre

Prime minister and main ministers tell other ministers what to do; no collective policy-making with cabinet

28
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The Differentiated Centre

A

David Good

Spenders (ministers), Guardians (finance and TB), Priority Setters (PMO, PCO) and Watchdogs (OAG)

Some agencies have more power than others

29
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PMO

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Prime Ministers Office

30
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PCO

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Privy Council Office

31
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OAG

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Office of the Auditor General

32
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A-Base
B-Base
C-Base
Statutory

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A-Base – permanent funding to the department;

B-Base – funding to the department that is managed through a special purpose allotment;

C-Base – funding that is temporary in nature (provided for a specific time period); and

Statutory – funding that is provided directly as a result of legislative obligations.

33
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Communications Theory Approach

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Centralisation in Canada’s central executive

Communications technology allow centralized messaging and coordinated action

34
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Hybrid Interpretation

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Institutionalized cabinet and prime minister centred cabinet

Trudeau Government

35
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Trudeau Gov’t v. Harper Gov’t

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Hyper-centralized, defunded PCO, did not allow ministers to speak freely - Harper

Cabinet gov’t (e.g., more committees), decentralized power, funded PCO, “results approach”, allows Ministers to speak independently - Trudeau

36
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Collegial

A

relating to or involving shared responsibility, as among a group of colleagues.

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