Chapter 9 Weblinks, Articles, and Books

The Machinery of Government

Recommended Websites

http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/premier.asp

This is the website for the Privy Council of Canada.

http://pm.gc.ca/eng

This link accesses information about Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet.

http://www.fin.gc.ca/fin-eng.asp

This is the website for the Finance Department of the Government of Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/topic/charting-the-future-canadas-new-constitution

This CBC archival video is an example of the presentation of a parliamentary White Paper. “A Time for Action” was presented by Prime Minister Trudeau in 1978 where he threatens to patriate the Constitution unilaterally without the provinces.

http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/question-period/

This a link to CPAC’s archive of the federal Parliament’s Question Period; the coverage offers simultaneous French to English, English to French translation.

https://lop.parl.ca/about/parliament/education/ourcountryourparliament/html_booklet/day-life-member-parliament-e.html
This parliamentary website shows how the different mechanisms of government work and also offers a ‘day in the life’ of a Canadian Member of Parliament.

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