LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL Prime Minister Cabinet Ministries and
LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIAL Prime Minister Cabinet Ministries and House of Civil Service Commons Parliament Senate Sovereign Privy Council PM’s Office Federal Court Provincial Courts Governor General Tax Courts Supreme Court
LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE Parliament Sovereign Supreme Court Governor General Provincial Courts House of Commons Senate JUDICIAL Federal Court Prime Minister Cabinet PM’s Office Privy Council Ministries and Civil Service Tax Courts
Heads the executive branch of government Oversees all meetings of the full cabinet Responsible for timing the resolution and dissolution of Parliament Appoints cabinet ministers, senators, the chief justice of Canada, the governor general, and the lieutenant-govern of the provinces
105 appointed members Checks & balances the work of the House of Commons
Drives social policy agenda of the Prime Minister Provides Prime Minister with independent foreign policy & national security advice Oversees Prime Minister’s economic agenda
Provides non-partisan advice on all policies and appointments Oversees Cabinet agenda and approves all documents to be considered Central bureaucracy to which all government departments/agencies report
Government’s central decision-making body Develops & approves budget Proposes new laws by approving department bills and introducing them to legislature Approves all major policy & spending decisions
Establishes a legitimate government through electoral processes Makes government work, by giving authority to use funds to run the country Makes an alternative government, by opposition parties presenting a credible alternative to the public 308 elected members (to be 388 in next election) Directly represents every Canadian Makes government behave, by acting as a watchdog on executive authority
Does not change with elections Provides non-partisan advice to their department/agency
Bringing it home. . .
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