"A new report by
the Public Policy Forum warns of the weakening of key pillars of the
Westminster system, and outlines a number of parliamentary reforms to 'reboot' the system.
A week ahead of the swearing-in of Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau and his cabinet, the report suggests that ministers have lost their influence, that large cabinets are 'generally not in the interests of good governance,' and points to the size of cabinet in the UK government, which has only 22 ministers – roughly half the size of Harper’s last cabinet.
At a news conference the day after the election, Trudeau suggested he was going to appoint a cabinet of 'deciders,' and not just representatives of their ministries. He also said that cabinet would be smaller, although didn’t specify by how much.
The report also decried the 'extraordinary' centralization of power in the PMO and premiers’ offices as a key source of the problem."
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