What is the effect of the Queen's prerogative power of the Lieutenant Governor to appoint a cabinet minister?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Askin v. Law Society of British Columbia, 2012 BCSC 895 (CanLII):
The prerogative power of the Lieutenant Governor to appoint ministers of cabinet is of constitutional significance, and cannot be removed, replaced, qualified, or extinguished without express legislative language or by necessary implication: Khadr v. Canada (Attorney General), 2006 FC 727 (CanLII).
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