The Canadian Regime · an Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada · 5th Edition by Malcolmson, Patrick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Map Parliamentary Representation by Province Part One: Introduction

Chapter One Canada’s Regime Principles

1.1 Political Regimes 1.2 Equality 1.3 Liberty 1.4 The Canadian Regime

Chapter Two The Constitution

2.1 Constitutions and Their Functions 2.2 Constitutional Forms 2.3 The Canadian Constitution 2.4 Amending Canada’s Constitution 2.5 Judicial Review of the Constitution 2.6 Constitutional Politics Since 1982

Part Two: Basic Principles of the Canadian Constitution

Chapter Three Responsible Government

3.1 The Emergence of Responsible Government 3.2 The Conventions of Responsible Government 3.3 Responsible Government as “Cabinet Government” 3.4 Forming a Government 3.5 Majority and Minority Government 3.6 Institutional Implications of Responsible Government 3.7 Responsible Government and Separation of Powers Compared

Chapter Four Federalism

4.1 What is Federalism? 4.2 Why a Federal Union? 4.3 The Original Design of the Federal Union 4.4 The Historical Development of Federalism in Canada 4.5 Financing Government and Federal-Provincial Relations 4.6 The Challenge of Canadian Federalism 4.7 Current Controversies: The Pressure to Decentralize

Chapter Five The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

5.1 What is a Charter of Rights? 5.2 How the Charter Works: Hunter v. Southam 5.3 Remedies 5.4 The Adoption of the Charter 5.5 Opposition to the Charter 5.6 The Notwithstanding Clause 5.7 Section 1 5.8 The Political Impact of the Charter

Part Three: Institutions

Chapter Six The Crown and Its Servants

6.1 The Crown 6.2 The Governor General 6.3 The Functions of the Governor General 6.4 The Cabinet 6.5 The Cabinet Committee System 6.6 The Prime Minister 6.7 Prime Ministerial Government? 6.8 The Civil Service

Chapter Seven Parliament

7.1 The Role of Parliament 7.2 The Parliamentary Calendar 7.3 The House of Commons: Membership and Officers 7.4 The Business of the House of Commons 7.5 The Rules of Procedure of the House of Commons 7.6 The Backbencher 7.7 House of Commons Reform 7.8 The Senate 7.9 Senate Reform

Chapter Eight The Judiciary

8.1 The Role of the Judiciary 8.2 The Fundamental Principles of the Canadian Judiciary 8.3 Canada’s Courts 8.4 The Supreme Court of Canada 8.5 The Politics of Judicial Appointments 8.6 The “Court Party” Thesis

Part Four: Participation

Chapter Nine Elections

9.1 Elections and Representation 9.2 Canada’s Electoral System 9.3 The Effects of SMP 9.4 Proportional Representation 9.5 Single Transferable Vote 9.6 Voting in Canada

Chapter Ten Political Parties

10.1 Political Parties in the Canadian Regime 10.2 The Five Functions of Political Parties 10.3 Parties and Ideology 10.4 Canada’s Major Parties 10.5 The Canadian Party System 10.6 The Organization of Political Parties 10.7 Financing Political Parties 10.8 Party Government and Party Politics

Chapter Eleven Interest Groups, Public Opinion, and Democratic Citizenship

11.1 Forms of Political Participation 11.2 Interest Groups 11.3 Women in Politics 11.4 Public Opinion 11.5 The Media 11.6 The Question of Public Opinion Polls 11.7 Civic Education and Democratic Citizenship

Appendix: The Constitution Acts 1867 and 1982

Constitution Act, 1867 Constitution Act, 1982

Index Footnotes

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11