lecture 8 Flashcards
(5 cards)
what is the bureaucracy
- basic principles of the Canadian public service; neutrality; meritocracy, representation
- the typical structure of a government department
what are the functions of the bureaucracy
- agenda-setting
- advising
- implementing
- evaluating
what are the controls on the bureaucracy
- executive
- parliament
- judiciary
- auditor-general
what is the judiciary + charter
- principle of judicial independence
- federalism + the question of supreme court judges nomination
- right regime in Canada
what were the rights in the regime of Canada and what years
- 1867-1960 parliamentary sovereignty
- 1960-1982 bill of rights
- 1982-present charter of rights and freedoms