Machinery Pt 2 Flashcards
3 Kinds of Provincial legislation for municipalities
1) creates individual municipalities
2) governs municipal elections
3) creates municipal administration
Example of provincial leg that creates individual municipalities
Private Members Bill
Example of provincial leg that governs municipal elections
Municipal Elections Act - a private bill because it affects everybody
Example of a provincial leg that creates municipal administration
Public Administration Act - public bill
3 types of municipal government
1) Two-tier
2) single-tier
3) unorganized
What is a two-tier municipality?
services are provided over a relatively large geographic area by different municipalities (Peele)
What is a single-tier municipality?
services are provided over a small geographic area by a single municipal gov (Toronto)
What is an unorganized municipality?
such a small or underpopulated area that there is no official gov
how often are municipal elections held?
every 4 years
what is a municipal constituency called?
a ward
what is the name of the elected position in a municipality?
a councilor
what is voted in “at large”?
when voters vote for the actual person who will be elected
what is the primary form of gov in a municipality?
council
what role does the municipal council have?
legislature and executive - represent, pass, execute, and implement laws
what are the 4 types of committees the municipal council divides itself into?
1) standing portfolio committee
2) executive committee
3) special committee
4) budget committee
municipal standing portfolio committee
subject based ie parks and rec
oversee development of policy and implementation in that area
municipal executive committee
chaired by mayor
responsible for corporate issues ie budget, elections, property
municipal special committee
ad hoc, short term
created for emergencies or short term projects ie SARS or floods
who/what defines a municipality’s strategic framework?
the mayor’s platform
What powers do Canadian mayors actually have?
- can call a special meeting
- can call a state of emergency
4 types of municipal management models
1) departmental
2) city manager
3) chief administrative model
4) board of management
Define policy
- the strategic direction for planning actions to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes
- a guide and framework for action or inaction to address a problem
what is Canada’s policy process?
1) define the problem
2) describe the policy environment
3) identify policy options
4) decide a course of action
5) implementation
6) evaluation
policy process 1)define the problem
use these characteristics to define the problem
- causality - proximity
- severity -problem populations
- incidence -solutions
- novelty
3 ways that problems get on a gov’s agenda?
1) outside initiation ie natural disaster, economic crisis
2) inside initiation ie political party
3) routine initiation ie anual birth rates and mortality rates
policy process 2)describe the policy environment
1) the gov’s strategic framework has 4 parts
- election commitments
- throne speech
- annual budget process
- previous policy statements ie mandate letters
2) Public Environment Assessment (PEA)
3) Analyze Stakeholders
policy process 3)identify policy options (3)
-do nothing
-act directly
-act indirectly
options must change either behaviour, condition, or service
how is cabinet organized?
includes:
- full cabinet
- policy and priorities committee
- treasury board
- legs and regs
- policy committees
who makes policy decisions?
cabinet
how does cabinet make policy decisions?
- individual department develops a submission to cabinet
- minister presents to a policy committee
- policy committee reports to full cabinet (fiscal or leg/reg policy require additional trips to other cabinet sub-committees)
- full cabinet reviews reports, issues cabinet minute
- If legislation is required, Justice works with the legislature to write the legislation; legislature is engaged to pass the bill