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The exercise of these powers, for which ministers are constitutionally responsible to Parliament, provides the foundation of responsible government. The collective responsibility of ministers is, on the other hand, primarily conventional rather than legal, providing the stability and unity essential to the conduct of ministerial government. 2
The Branches of Government. Canada’s system of government has three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. Each one has separate powers and responsibilities that are defined in the Constitution: the legislative branch passes laws, the executive implements them, and the judicial interprets them. INFOGRAPHICS.
Cabinet ministers are individually responsible to Parliament for the exercise of their powers as heads of their departments and are also collectively accountable for all decisions of cabinet—such as setting or changing the direction of domestic and foreign policies or programs, proposing new legislation or changes to existing legislation, authorizing the signing of a treaty or the deployment ...
They may assist Ministers by answering directly before Parliamentary committees; but there should be no doubt that Ministers, and not officials, are constitutionally responsible for the exercise of the power of the state. Thus the cornerstone of responsible government, as manifested in ministerial responsibility, ensures the supremacy of ...
Ministers exercise power and are constitutionally responsible for the provision and conduct of government; Parliament holds them personally responsible for it. 162 The principle of collective ministerial responsibility, 163 which is of a much more recent vintage, evolved when Ministers replaced the Sovereign as the decision makers of government.
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Ministers exercise considerable decision making power and are constitutionally responsible for the provision and conduct of government. The Legislative Assembly holds them both personally and collectively responsible for it. Individual ministerial responsibility provides the basis of accountability throughout the system.
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Governing responsibly : a guide for ministers and ministers of state : CP22-73/2004. This Guide sets out the duties and responsibilities of the Prime Minister and of Ministers, including Ministers of State. It outlines key principles of responsible government in Canada, and the government’s approach to democratic reform.
