1. Federal Government: Executive Branch
Chapter 1
Part 2

2. The Executive Branch
Read the cartoon on page 23 of your textbook.

4. The Executive Branch
After reading the cartoon on page 23 of your textbook.
Who is part of The Executive Branch?
What does the cabinet do? Who decides which MPs (members of parliament) join the cabinet?

5. The Executive Branch
The part of government responsible for putting laws into action.
Includes the Prime Minister (PM) and the cabinet.
To become the PM, you must:
Be elected as leader of a political party (see next slide)
Be elected as a member of parliament
Your party must win the most seats in the House of Commons (pg. 27)

6. Pg 24 of textbook

7. The Executive Branch The cabinet are appointed by the PM.
Cabinet ministers (those part of the cabinet) are given portfolios (responsibilities) by the PM.
Departments and Agencies (pg. 25)
The cabinet proposes most of the ideas which become laws.
The PM and the cabinet run the everyday business of the government.
What factors do you think the PM takes into account when appointing members of the cabinet?

8. Our Current Cabinet
Using the handout, go online and research 3 members of the cabinet today.
Pay attention to number of portfolios, female/male ratios, perspectives or regions represented.

9. Stephen Harper’s First Cabinet (2006)

10. Our Current Cabinet
How is the cabinet today different than the one on page 25 of the textbook?
Compare types and number of portfolios, female/male ratios, perspectives or regions represented.
Why do you think prime ministers change the structure and people of cabinet?
How do the portfolios contribute to quality of life for Canadians? Use two examples.