What is the relationship between the executive and the legislature in Canada?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Cooper v. Canada (Human Rights Commission), [1996] 3 SCR 854, 1996 CanLII 152 (SCC):
24. The justification for this hierarchical relationship, in present-day Canada, is a respect for democracy, because legislatures are representative institutions accountable to the electorate. A respect for democracy is also at the heart of those aspects of administrative judicial review which seek to ensure that administrative bodies do not exceed the boundaries of the powers granted to them by the legislature. The hierarchical relationship between the executive and the legislature is also another aspect of the separation of powers, since the separation of powers inheres in Parliamentary democracy: Harvey v. New Brunswick (Attorney General), 1996 CanLII 163 (SCC), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 876, at para. 68.
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