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In Canada, the Prime Minister is not a part of the Constitution, rather the Governor General acts as the executive. By convention, however, the Governor General acts only on the advice of the Prime Minister who has the confidence of the House of Commons. The Prime Minister is able to achieve such support from the Members of Parliament, with a majority government, through party discipline – a power not available to the President. Party discipline also gives the Prime Minister immense influence…

Elections are the selection of an individual or a group to be placed into an office. This is a broad definition and the goal of this essay is to open up this definition, and understand exactly what goes during the electoral process. There are many different kinds of elections, each has its own set of rules. The impact of elections can vary greatly depending on how they are legally structured. The best way to illustrate this is the comparison of the process of Canadian federal elections to those…

The House of Lords carries out several legislative functions, since the establishment in the 14th Century and has been a vital part of the British constitution since. Their role consists of scrutinising and amendments of bills passed by the House of Commons (Russell, 2010). Whilst they are important, unlike the House of Commons the Lords are unelected, which impedes on democracy. In this essay I will discuss the how they are a blight on democracy as the Peers are unelected and the House of Lords…

The United States currently has the largest number of appointed political officials at the top of any bureaucracy, and has only continued to increase over the past forty years; however, our governments overall performance continues to struggle. According to Kettl, “The vast number of appointments below the cabinet level poses the real problem, making it virtually impossible for the president elect to give the selections personal attention” (2015, p. 241). By filling all three thousand…

There are many similarities between colonial government and government today. For instance, the bicameral branch of the government today (Congress or legislative branch) is like the Parliament which was the law making also made up of two other branches of government. Within the Congress there are two houses called the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives is similar to the House of Burgesses because they are both made up of representatives that agree if a law…

Monarchy & Democracy Have you ever learned about the Monarchy, and the Democracy governments, my Fellow Ambassadors? Well I will like to talk to you about the differences between the two countries. I will give you details, opinions, facts, about the Monarchy and the Democracy government. In a Representative Democracy the citizens have the rights to elect leaders to represent their interest and their rights in the…

The government is a political party with the majority of MPs, this is currently the House of Commons. This is probably the biggest influence on parliament as a whole due to them being hard to control by any other house, this is due to them having the majority of power and the only way they can be made weak is if members of the Commons start turning against one-another. Most of the main bills that occur come from the government, so if the campaign did pass and get enough attention then it would…

Prime Minister of Canada is a great gig. If you’re going to be the leader of a country, it doesn’t get much better than Canada. We have so much going for us. One of our greatest assets actually has nothing to do with us at all but rather the stellar quality of our neighbours. And every Prime Minister since Mackenzie King could count on that. But that’s the thing about great neighbours, isn’t it? You think they’re gonna be there forever and then one day there’s a sold sign out front and you’re…

The power of race The typical power holder in the Canadian society is the Christian heterosexual white male who's in the middle to upper class which is the opposite of me, a Muslim heterosexual black woman, however I can never force something on the man because I have no power and because of that I agree with distinction made. Other the side, because I am a part of the minority group I would be denied many rights (maybe I am granted those rights legally but then socially I might not) and…

The golden age of parliamentary democracy in the United Kingdom, pre modern party system, is where large bombastic speeches could change the entirety of the direction of a nation. The composition of Parliament, specifically the House of Commons, in Canada has never been through the golden age of parliamentary government, where no member had a distinct party affiliation. Basic analysis of the underlying political framework leads to indisputable electoral bias towards political parties. This…