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Quiz 1 Flashcards

(33 cards)

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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
24
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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?
- 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.
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Functions of the media
- watchdog - educator - independent - can add spin (making it negative or positive)
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Why PR be better
- 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?
- more competitive smalller parties - high accountability - more efficient
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Define representation
-making somthing present that is not currently present
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Liberal Democratic principles
- equality - poiltical soveriegnty - rule of law - political competition - minory rights - majority rule
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Does Federalism benefit democracy or hinder it
- Acton: blocks tyranny of the majority - Dicey: Inhibites responsivness - Breton: Cooperative federalism will evolve to executive fedealism
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Where is democracy in Federalism
- sefl rule - senate - rule of law
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Republicanism
- 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