Today in class we did a major review including our Friday 5. The new topics we covered are regions that the Senate represents and role of cabinet plus the branches of government. We reviewed the First Past the Post process for election and majority vs minority governments. We finished up class reading about the branches of government in Counterpoints (p. 227-237 minus the Senate portion in the middle) and learned how a bill becomes law.
Here are the key pieces of the Branches of Government:
Legislative Branch | Executive Branch | Judicial Branch |
-has the power to make and amend the laws | -has the power to make carry out the laws (make and amend decisions) | -has the power to interpret laws (decide who has broken the law and to set penalties)
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-made up of the GG, the House of Commons & the Senate (parliament)
| -made up of the GG, PM and the cabinet (elected party members chosen by the PM to head up a portfolio ex. Defence, Environment = minister of AND the public service
| -made up of Judges and the courts at both the provincial and federal levels
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