1. Executive Branch
Governor General
Prime Minister
Cabinet
Bureaucracy

2. Executive Branch is composed of three elements:
Symbolic [Queen, Governor General]
Political [PM and Cabinet]
Permanent workers [Bureaucrats]

3. Governor General Ceremonial role, no real power.
Term last six years max
Until 1952 the Queen selected a person from Britain; since 1952 the Prime Minister selects a person from Canada
David Johnson

4. The single most important person in Canadian government.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister
The single most important person in Canadian government.

5. Prime Minster’s Four Types Of Power:
Party Leadership
Appointment
Governmental Organization
Dissolution

6. Party Leadership PM is the leader of his or her government party
PM enforces government party solidarity -- everyone in the party agrees on important issues

7. As Party Leader the PM Appoints and Controls the Cabinet
The Government Cabinet is a group of MPs the Prime Minister chooses to help him/her lead the government
Cabinet Minsters are in charge of important areas of government, such as Finance (money), Military and the Environment

8. Power of Appointment
PM chooses MPs from his Party for Cabinet. The PM considers the following six things when he/she chooses:
gender & ethnic factors
every province and major cities
Ontario and Quebec have the most Ministers

9. Power of Appointment some French and some English speaking Ministers
loyalty to the party
ability to do the job

10. Power of Government Organization
PM appoints Cabinet members, and may fire them at anytime
PM decides the size of Cabinet
PM chooses who are the most important Cabinet Ministers

11. Power of Dissolution
In the Constitutional rules the Governor General dissolves parliament and calls an election.
In reality the Prime Minster tells the Governor when to call an election

12. Power of Dissolution PM must call an election :
Every five years under Constitutional rules OR
If the Prime Minister’s Party is a minority government and the Opposition votes against the PM in the House of Commons

13. Bureaucracy
The bureaucracy are the people that work for the Government of Canada.
The Prime Minister and the Cabinet Ministers are their bosses.