lesson 5: the legislature judiciary and bureaucracy

Question 1

What are the Five roles of the parliament and public service?

Answer 1

Legitimizer, policy maker, creator, financier, scrutineer

Question 2

legitimizer

Answer 2

Legitimize the actions of government
Actions taken in government are rooted in law, passed by parliament

Question 3

policy maker

Answer 3

Role to pass bills formulated by the executive branch
Discuss and approve and refine government decisions as they go through legislature

Question 4

creator

Answer 4

Discuss and debate their mandates, structures, and powers through committee work and question period (reviews ministerial decisions)

Question 5

most important role in parliament and public service

Answer 5

Scrutineer

Question 6

financier

Answer 6

Gov spending and raising of rev needs to be approved by parliament

Question 7

Scrutineer

Answer 7

laws are implemented as intended, if they need to be changed, promote accountability amongst officials, economy efficiency in public programs, discover abuses of public authority, allow parliamentarians to be liaison agents

Question 8

Ministerial responsibility

Answer 8

Confidence rule
Ministers are accountable for decisions of their department

Question 9

something goes wrong who is responsible ?

Answer 9

ministers

Question 10

officers of parliament

Answer 10

Report to parliament

Question 11

Accounting officers

Answer 11

Hold accountability for departments

Question 12

what is Judicial administration

Answer 12

Refers to the operations of the court
Organization management, and operations of courts and court system

Question 13

is the justice process slow or fast

Answer 13

slow

Question 14

What are the types of provincial courts?

Answer 14

Lower courts, superior courts, appeal courts

Question 15

Provincial (lower) courts

Answer 15

Lower provincial courts
Most criminal offences
Money and family matters
and specialized like youth courts

Question 16

superior courts

Answer 16

More serious civil and criminal cases
Used to Appeal lower courts matters

Question 17

appeal courts

Answer 17

From the superior courts
Reverse judges decisions possibly
Federal pay, provinces administer

Question 18

types of fed courts

Answer 18

Federal court, tax court, federal court of appeal

Question 19

fed court

Answer 19

Federal laws and admin agencies
Intellectual property, civil cases related to terrorism

Question 20

tax court

Answer 20

Tax assessment appeals

Question 21

Federal court of appeal

Answer 21

Appeals from federal and tax court

Question 22

supreme court

Answer 22

Highest level of court in canada
Decisions are final from here

Question 23

What are the 3 aspects of court administration?

Answer 23

Judicial independence, judicial impartiality, case flow management

Question 24

what is Judicial independence

Answer 24

judges to perform adjudicative function free from external influence

Question 25

Judicial impartiality – what is it?

Answer 25

Decisions based only on relevant laws and facts presented in court
protect judges from external influence, don’t prevent public of being critical of a judgement made by a court

Question 26

judges are….

Answer 26

On their own
Free agents

Question 27

judges are not

Answer 27

public servants and not under management

Question 28

Caseflow Management

Answer 28

How long it takes a case to work its way through the justice process
Courts and judges are responsible for how quickly cases proceed
Alt dispute resolution methods before going to court or trial – ex. Mediation

Question 29

Administrative law

Answer 29

Intended as a check against arbitrary and inconsistent interpretation and application of laws
Those believing they have been wronged by administrative action can seek various forms of relief
exercise of discretionary power by government officials

Question 30

charter

Answer 30

Guarantees canadians certain rights and freedoms
Discretionary admin decisions must abide by Charter guarantees and the values they reflect