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Responsibility in the Constitution

 

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Preface

Table of Contents

Foreword

  I   The Constitutional Responsibility of Ministers

  • Ministerial Government
  • The Evolution of the Constitution

  II   The Origins of Individual Responsibility

  • Power in the Constitution
  • The Responsible Use of Power
  • The Origins of Ministerial Responsibility
  • Ways and Means, and Supply

  III   The Origins of Collective Responsibility

  • Treasury Control
  • Prime Minister and Cabinet

  IV   Canadian Adaptation and Practice

  • The Fabric of the Constitution
  • The Structure of Government

  V   The Forging of Consensus

  • The Cabinet and its Secretariat
  • The Treasury Board and its Secretariat
  • The Public Service Commission

  VI   Ministers and their Departments

  • The Minister
  • The Deputy Minister
  • The Deputy and the Minister’s Individual Responsibility
  • The Deputy and the Minister’s Collective Responsibility - Policy
  • The Deputy and the Minister’s Collective Responsibility - Management

  VII   Constitutional Responsibility and Accountability

  • Accountability in Parliamentary Government - the Minister
  • Accountability in Parliamentary Government - the Deputy Minister
  • Accounting Officers
  • Ministerial Responsibility and the Congressional System
  • The Deputy Minister's Accountability

  VIII   The Principles of Accountability  

 

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