The Canadian Regime: An Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada

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PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION
MAP: PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION BY PROVINCE
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
	CHAPTER ONE: CANADA’S REGIME PRINCIPLES
		1.1 Political Regimes
		1.2 Equality and Democracy: Direct versus Indirect Government
		1.3 Liberty
		1.4 Consent and Citizenship
		1.5 The Canadian Regime
	CHAPTER TWO: THE CONSTITUTION
		2.1 Constitutions and Their Functions
		2.2 Constitutional Forms: Conventions and Laws
		2.3 The Canadian Constitution
		2.4 Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
		2.5 Amending Canada’s Constitution
		2.6 Judicial Review of the Constitution
		2.7 Constitutional Politics since 1982
PART TWO: A CONSTITUTION SIMILAR IN PRINCIPLE TO THAT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
	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 Majority and Minority Government
		3.5 Forming a Government
		3.6 Institutional Implications of Responsible Government
		3.7 Responsible Government and Separation of Powers Compared
	CHAPTER FOUR: THE CROWN AND ITS SERVANTS
		4.1 The Crown
		4.2 The Governor General
		4.3 The Functions of the Governor General
		4.4 The Cabinet
		4.5 The Cabinet Committee System
		4.6 The Prime Minister
		4.7 Prime Ministerial Government?
		4.8 The Civil Service
	CHAPTER FIVE: PARLIAMENT
		5.1 The Role of Parliament
		5.2 The Parliamentary Calendar
		5.3 The House of Commons: Membership and Officers
		5.4 The Business of the House of Commons
		5.5 The Rules of Procedure of the House of Commons
		5.6 The Backbencher
		5.7 House of Commons Reform
		5.8 The Senate
		5.9 Senate Reform
	CHAPTER SIX: ELECTIONS
		6.1 Elections and Representation
		6.2 Representation and Diversity
		6.3 Canada’s Current Electoral System: Single-Member Plurality (SMP)
		6.4 Voting in Canada
		6.5 Public Opinion Polling and Electoral Choice
		6.6 The Effects of SMP
		6.7 Proportional Representation (PR)
		6.8 Alternative Voting (AV)
		6.9 Electoral Reform
	CHAPTER SEVEN: POLITICAL PARTIES
		7.1 Political Parties in the Canadian Regime
		7.2 The Five Functions of Political Parties
		7.3 Parties and Ideology
		7.4 Canada’s Major Parties
		7.5 The Canadian Party System
		7.6 The Organization of Political Parties
		7.7 Financing Political Parties
		7.8 Party Government and Party Politics
PART THREE: A CONSTITUTION SIMILAR IN PRINCIPLE TO THAT OF THE UNITED STATES
	CHAPTER EIGHT: FEDERALISM
		8.1 What Is Federalism?
		8.2 Why a Federal Union?
		8.3 The Original Design of the Federal Union
		8.4 The Historical Development of Federalism in Canada
		8.5 Financing Government and Federal-Provincial Relations
		8.6 Other Orders of Government: Territorial and Municipal
		8.7 Federalism and Indigenous Self-Government
		8.8 The Challenges of Canadian Federalism
		8.9 Current Controversies: The Pressure to Decentralize
	CHAPTER NINE: THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
		9.1 What Is a Charter of Rights?
		9.2 The Adoption of the Charter
		9.3 Opposition to the Charter
		9.4 How the Charter Works: Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford
		9.5 Remedies
		9.6 Section 1
		9.7 The Notwithstanding Clause
		9.8 The Political Impact of the Charter
	CHAPTER TEN: THE JUDICIARY
		10.1 The Role of the Judiciary
		10.2 The Fundamental Principles of the Canadian Judiciary
		10.3 Canada’s Courts
		10.4 The Supreme Court of Canada
		10.5 The Politics of Judicial Appointments
		10.6 Judicial Power and the Charter
CONCLUSION: An Education in Democratic Citizenship
APPENDIX: CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS
	Excerpt from Royal Proclamation, 1763, per King George III
	Constitution Act, 1867
	Constitution Act, 1982
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