Foreign minister

As his government had fallen again, I approached the new governor general, Lord Monck, and obtained a dissolution. Before I could act on it, I was approached by Brown through intermediaries; the Grit leader felt that the crisis gave the parties the opportunity to join together for constitutional reform. Brown had led a parliamentary committee on confederation among the British North American colonies, which had reported back just before the Taché-Macdonald government fell. Brown was more…

In his article, “The Perils of Presidentialism” Juan Linz observe that there are few stable democracies that have presidential systems of government. On the contrary, there are many parliamentary democracies and historically, they have performed better. Three major problems of presidential systems can be deduced from his essay; 1) Dual legitimacy, 2) fixed term, and 3) winner-takes-all logic. After explaining all three problems, this paper argues that winner-takes-all logic is as much applicable…

The Final Say What do I consider to be the most important thing every Canadian should know? Well I think the government is the most important thing Canadians should know. Not just the people in the government, but what is happening in our government, what laws want to be placed, or taken away, or how they run our government, or what they plan to do for the future of our great country. I think all Canadians should know who is running the government, what they do, and how the will shape our future…

Canada, unlike the United States, has a parliament. Just like Congress in the United States, Parliament is divided into two bodies the Senate and the House of Commons. Where parliament starts deviating from Congress is that only the officials in the House of Commons are publicly elected. This is Canada’s version of the House of Representatives. They hold office for five years or until parliament is dissolved, unlike the house of representatives which are elected every two years. The Canadian…

In Canada's history there have been 22 Prime Ministers, Paul Martin was Canada's 21st Prime Minister who was succeeded by the current Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Paul Martin was in office as the leader of Canada as the Liberal Party from Dec 12th 2003 to February 6, 2006, Martin also served as Canada's 34th Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2002 and was born on August 28, 1938 as Paul Edgar Philippe Martin in Windsor, Ontario. Growing up Paul Martin had first hand knowledge of Canada's…

Head of state: The United Kingdom (UK) is a constitutional monarchy, the head of state is the hereditary monarch. The monarch is neutral within politics and the powers they have are non political, but formal and ceremonial. Having a democracy gives power to the people, they would vote who they want in power, giving the people sovereignty. Pros of a codified constitution: Arguably a codified constitution gives the people of the State one clear and accessible document, outlining the fundamental…

Intro- Who are Ministers + need to scrutinise the government The Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 defines a Minister as the holder of any office in Her Majesty’s government in the UK. Ministers of the Crown are members of the governing political party who have been appointed to a political office in the government. Formally, they are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Prime Minister, in practice this latter has the ultimate say on who is appointed. Ministers are members of one of…

Edmund Barton was the first prime minister of Australia he remained with his sport was prime minister for two years and 10 months. He was born on 18 January 1849 at Glebe, Sydney, His family included Edmund Alfred, Wilfrid, Jean Alice, Arnold Hubert, Oswald and Leila Stephanie who was his eldest daughter. He, himself belonged to a large family which counted 10 children while he was one of there males and youngest child of the family. Unfortunately, he died on the 7th of January 1920 at the 71,…

They play a major role in this deadly mix. Parents have the duty to warn their kids how bad alcohol can be for them. They have the responsibility to punish their teens when the teen is caught with alcohol. Unfortunately too many parents don't do either of those. Sometimes it is because the parent are alcoholics so the teen is raised in it and gets use to the alcohol so they follow in their parents footsteps. This creates a deadly bloodline that ruins generations and kills many in its wake. Then…

Many college students may think that their mandatory foreign language classes are just requirements to check off their list, they may also wonder: “Is learning a second language in the United States worth it? What are the benefits of learning a second language?” These are common questions that not only college students, but many workers across the United States have faced and tried to answer during their education years. In an increasingly competitive international economy, while high GPA,…