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Features of Westminister Parliamentary System

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  • bichameral legislature
  • head of state is the Queen
  • head of gov is the PM (first among equals)
  • gov is made up of the party who won the most seats
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5 principles of liberal democracy

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  • freedom
  • secular
  • rationality
  • univsersality
  • progress
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democracy

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-human beings are created equal before the law

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crown

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-political instituions that holds all executive power

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powers of the crown

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  • statutory
  • prerogative
  • reserve
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If an alien came to earth…..what is the crown?

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  • crown hold exectuive power while the governemetn is the political executive
  • a bulwark against abuses of power
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what is responsible government

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-democracy is injected into responsible government and is controlled through constitutional conventions

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unity in the charter

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  • charter give equal protections to minorities and unifies differnt cultures together as not cultureal identites but canadian citizens with equal rights under the crown
  • republican principles
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direct democracy

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-when mempers of palriament represent the eexact wants and interests of their electorate through pleacuy votes and town hall meeting etc.

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indirect democracy

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-citizen electings mp’s to make decisiosn and laws on their behalf

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diversity in bicameral

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  • there is diversity in the senate where the chamber represents regions not population
  • each senator represents the diversities of regions particular issues such as relgion, ethinicity, ideologies, geography, economy, language, etc.
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diversity in the crown

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  • the crown acts as an overarching body that is above the fray of politics.
  • it has no loyalty to party or any one converstion taking place
  • it ensures that the insitituions run smoothly and effectively and that they abide by the rule of the land which is the constititution
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unity in the crown

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  • serves as identity
  • fathers sought to rally canada under not a cultural umbrella but a political institutional one
  • identitiy through parliamentary values
  • monarch remain above the fray of politics as a symbol of unity
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three functions of the crown

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  • ceremonial role of GG, LG
  • institutional in principle of organization
  • symbolic representation of unity
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why did they decide on a westminister style parliament

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  • it was more sensible and less suspicouous
  • simpified the task of univfying british north America
  • there would be no ratifiying conventions or elecitons to see who should compose them
  • legislativie union with a consititiuional recognition of the federal principle
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why was a consititutional monarchy better than a union

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-instead of having just one princple of eleciton and the rule of many, they could be election, merit and monarchy as three principles

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what are important princples borrowed from the british system of governance

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-rule of law, monarchal principle, aristocratic principle (senate), responsible government, independent judiciary,

18
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federal principles

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-woven in the consistions where sets out the division of powers between the federal government and the provincial government

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difference between american system

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-design flaw in which the states had a lot of power besides congress

20
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Where is the democracy aspect in Canadas Westminster system?

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  • Responsible government
  • confidence convention
  • accountability
  • governments mandate
21
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What are the functions of parliament?

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  • form a government
  • provide and opposition
  • allow for public scrutiny
  • create and debate laws
  • forms special commissoin for unique purposes
  • represent population and regions
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Why did Canada decide on a federation?

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  • Riker: alternative to an empire to acquire terriory without the use of violence
  • regional diversities
  • demographic diversiteis
  • ideologic diversities
  • linguistic diversities
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What are imporant features of a federation?-

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  • bichaermal legislature
  • levels of government
  • homogenizes interests, stabilizes
  • constitutional documents
  • supreme court
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What are the benefits of having seperate heads of state and head of governmnet?

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  • protects neutrility of the state (crown)
  • HOS acts a consttualiton arbitrator
  • HOS emboides consittioanl authority and makes sure goverment is bound my law
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Why was canada’s confederatoin so unique?

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  • diversities
  • british colonists wanted to avoid unitary strucure
  • inhabitants saw what happend with republic in the states( no overarching authority)
  • hybrid system
  • canada is unique, geographical, demographically.
26
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Functions of the media

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  • watchdog
  • educator
  • independent
  • can add spin (making it negative or positive)
27
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Why PR be better

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  • accurate translation of votes to seats
  • greater satisfaction/turnout
  • smaller parties can be effective
  • higher minority interest (less people left out)
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Why is FPTP good?

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  • more competitive smalller parties
  • high accountability
  • more efficient
29
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Define representation

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-making somthing present that is not currently present

30
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Liberal Democratic principles

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  • equality
  • poiltical soveriegnty
  • rule of law
  • political competition
  • minory rights
  • majority rule
31
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Does Federalism benefit democracy or hinder it

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  • Acton: blocks tyranny of the majority
  • Dicey: Inhibites responsivness
  • Breton: Cooperative federalism will evolve to executive fedealism
32
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Where is democracy in Federalism

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  • sefl rule
  • senate
  • rule of law
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Republicanism

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  • patriotism is unifiying aspect as to the crown
  • liberalism is successfull child
  • civic virture
  • direct participation
  • legal mechanisms
  • ethical dimension
  • non domination (pettit - slaves)
  • people give it direction
  • machevelli: based on laws not men

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