What is executive federalism?

Answer 1

Executive federalism-

Is the relationship between elected and appointed officials of the two orders of government in federal-provincial interactions and among the executives of the provinces in inter-provincial interactions.

Interstate versus intrastate federalism. Meetings are usually conducted behind closed doors and it is hard to find out what is going on, the public is usually forced to receive whatever results come out of these closed meetings.

This creates the proliferation of federal-provincial conferences, committees, and liaison agencies. Intergovernmental summitry - peak (First Minister's Conferences, Appointed Premier Conferences).

The development of intergovernmental relations expertise in coordinating agencies and specialists at each level of government.

Examples of executive federalism can be seen in the Meech Lake accord. It is argued that executive federalism spoils the promise of democratic openness and responsiveness that is inherent in classical federalism. Once a government retreats in executive federalism they get into discussions with each other that the public is left out of.

Answer 2

This is the president.Congress is in charge of making laws. The president only approves the bill or not, but he doesn't make law. This insures that the president doesn't become a king or dictator. Lately we have had a man in the executive branch who doesn't understand this concept and has tried to make laws without congress. The end result is these actions have gone to the federal courts.