Structure of government in Canada

1.

Structure of government in
Canada

2.

Canada
The Federal government
Democratic government is of the parliamentary
type
Responsible government
- it is based on the responsibility of Ministers to
the Parliament
- the civil service is professional and non
partisan

3.

Canada: Federal state
In addition to the Central government agencies in Canada there are
10 provinces
constitutionally endowed with essentially similar rights
the province of Quebec has a special status
3 territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
created by an act of the Parliament of Canada (not by the Constitution)
the authority Of the government of Canada is delegated to each of the territories
It is difficult to change the provisions of the Constitution
there have been no major changes since 1982.

4.

Brief information about Canada
(date of joining the Confederation)
(1898)
0.1%
(1870)
0.1%
Percentage of the total population of 30.9 million
Tax capacity ($S per capita)
(1948)
1.8%
$4,914
(1999)
0.1%
(1867)
24.1%
$5,729
(1871)
13.2%
$6,114
(1905)
9.7%
$10,472
(1905)
3.4%
$6,155
(1870)
3.8%
$5,001
(1867)
3.1%
(1867)
37.8%
$6,669
$4,977
(1867)
2.5%
$4,655
(1873)
0.5%
$4,436

5.

The structure of public administration:
Canada and provinces
•The structure of the Central government is broadly similar
to that of the provinces
•The provinces have provincial governors and premiers,
while Canada has a Governor-General and Prime Minister
•At both levels, there are Ministers of Finance, justice,
agriculture, health, environment, and interstate Affairs
•Canada only has Federal Ministers of foreign Affairs and
defense
• Only the provinces have Ministers of education and
municipal Affairs

6.

Canada: a democratic government of the
parliamentary type
•The right to manage belongs to the Executive bodies-the
symbol of which is the Crown
•Executive power is exercised by Cabinet Ministers who are
appointed by the Prime Minister and remain in power as long
as the government enjoys the confidence of Parliament
•Ministers-members of the House of Commons (or Senate) are responsible for their actions before the house of
Commons
• Ministers are the heads of ministries and "direct and direct
their activities" (as well as direct the work of employees of
ministries and are responsible for the activities of agencies
and state corporations)

7.

Legislature
Upper house-Senate:
105 members
appointed for life (or until the age of 75)
represent the interests of the regions
Liberal party 65
Conservative party 24
Progressive conservative party 3
(New democratic party 1
Independent deputies 5
Vacant seats 7

8.

Legislature
Lower house-House of Commons:
308 members
elected by constituency - one from each, “the first to cross the finish line"
"chamber of confidence”
members of the chamber vote on financial matters
The Prime Minister and most of the Ministers are members of the
Conservative party 125
Liberal party 96
Block of Quebecois (Quebec block) 48
(New democratic party 29
Independent deputies 3
Available seats 7

9.

Basic principles
•Theoretically, power belongs to the Monarch - but in practice,
he always acts on the advice of Ministers
•In practice, power is usually delegated To members of the
Privy Council (Ministers) – who must report to Parliament for
its administration
•The monarch offers the leader of a party that enjoys the
confidence of the elected house of Commons the post of
Prime Minister
•The elected Prime Minister recommends candidates for other
Ministerial posts - " forms the government”

10.

Responsible public administration
•Cabinet Ministers have a collective and personal
responsibility to the house of Commons - they must maintain
the confidence of the House of Commons
•All Cabinet Ministers must be members of Parliament
•The government remains in power as long as it retains the
confidence of the House of Commons - " responsible
government”
• The house of Commons must give consent to draft laws
and to funding ("budget”)

11.

Role Of The Cabinet
•Cabinet: the Prime Minister's political platform for maintaining
unity in the government
•Ministers are collectively responsible to the House of
Commons for government policy
•Discussion in the Office takes place in closed meetings to
ensure full and Frank discussion and to preserve the solidarity
of the members of the Cabinet after the decision to
• Its decisions the Office makes proposals of Ministers
(supplied, usually in the form of a Memorandum to Cabinet)
in public policy

12.

Ministry
•Established by a legislative act of the Parliament: 21 ministries
•The Minister “manages and directs”, but in fact the management is
entrusted to the First Deputy Minister, on the basis of a number of
regulations:
•Departmental regulations
•Financial management act
•Public service act
•Act on labor relations in the public service
•Gives recommendations to the Minister and ensures his work
•The staff consists of state employees
•They are financed from the budget allocated by the Parliament

13.

Central agency
- Bureau of the Privy Council
It is the Ministry of civil service Affairs under the Prime Minister
Serves as the Cabinet Secretariat
- Treasury Board Secretariat
ensures the work of the Treasury Council (a Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers)
Supervises the efficient use of resources
- Ministry of finance
Defines financial parameters
Manages the consolidated budget Fund
Jointly provide the political, financial and programme management aspects listed above
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