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02970aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 142DF540688611E8A317244297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180605010123 008 171124t20182018quca b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780773552906 020 $a 0773552901 035 $a (OCoLC)1012765289 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d CNSLL $d OCLCO $d NLC $d CDX $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-cn--- 050 4 $a JL75 B76x 2018 100 1 $a Brodie, Ian $q (Ian Ross), $e author. 245 10 $a At the centre of government : $b the prime minister and the limits on political power / $c Ian Brodie. 246 3 $a At the center of government 264 1 $a Montreal ; $b McGill-Queen's University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xvii, 205 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index. 520 $a "This exhaustively researched and deftly written book offers a first-hand view of the inner workings of the Canadian federal government, with a particular focus on the interplay between the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office, the federal cabinet, and the role backbench MPs, and parliamentary committees. Brodie argues that the various workings of the PMO, PCO, the cabinet, parliamentary committees, and the role of backbench MPs puts a lie to the proposition that the prime minister has evolved into the role of a dictator of sorts with unchecked control over the levers of political power. He offers a much-needed corrective to the dominant thinking that a Canadian prime minister holds power without limits, approaching unchecked domination over party, caucus, cabinet, Parliament, the public service, and the policy agenda. In Brodie's view, the prime minister is not a tyrant. There are effective checks on executive power. The golden age of Parliament and the backbencher is probably now. The author's contribution is that of a former insider, someone who worked at the centre and witnessed the circumstances, many of them institutional in character, that constrain the prime minister. The book calls for sober second thought about many of the proposals for reform."-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a Canada. $b Parliament $x Powers and duties. 610 10 $a Canada. $b Prime Minister's Office. 651 0 $a Canada $x Politics and government. 650 0 $a Legislative power $z Canada. 650 0 $a Executive power $z Canada. 650 0 $a Separation of powers $z Canada. 650 0 $a Federal government $z Canada. 650 0 $a Constitutional law $z Canada. 650 0 $a Prime ministers $z Canada. 776 1 $a Brodie, Ian Ross, 1967-, author. $t At the centre of government.: $d Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018. $w (CaOONL)20189006218 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021021018.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180703025714.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=142DF540688611E8A317244297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search