At the Centre of Government: The Prime Minister and the Limits on Political Power

by Ian Brodie

Book Overview

"Canada's prime minister is a dictator." "The Sun King of Canadian government." "More powerful than any other chief executive of any other democratic country." These kinds of claims are frequently made about Canada's leader - especially when the prime minister's party holds a majority government in Parliament. But is there any truth to these arguments? At the Centre of Government not only presents a comprehensively researched work on the structure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773552901
• ISBN13: 9780773552906
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"