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  • Parliamentary Influence and the Diffusion of Power*

  • A. Paul Pross
  • Journal:
    Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique / Volume 18 / Issue 2 / June 1985
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    10 November 2009, pp. 235-266

  • Several phenomena which have been separately observed in Canada are linked: namely the diffusion of power within the executive-administrative branch, the proliferation and expanded role of pressure groups, and the increased attention parliament has been receiving from interest organizations. Suggesting that this last may reflect fundamental changes in the policy system as a whole, it is argued that a tendency toward bureaucratic pluralism has led agencies to develop extra-governmental support at the interest group level; and that both interest groups and agencies have found it useful to exploit the legitimating and publicizing capacities of parliament. In so doing they have contributed to the enhancement of parliament's role in the policy process.