Canadian Government

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6. A British Parliamentary Democracy includes an elected assembly or parliament whose
members make decisions, pass laws, and supervise spending of public funds. Parliaments
also act as a sort of ‘middleman’ between ordinary citizens and the executive branch The
government is accountable to the parliament which, in turn, implicitly represents the
views of the people who elected them.
In a British Parliamentary Democracy, the top officials are known as ministers. The
ministers make up an executive body that is called the cabinet led by the Prime Minister.
Ministers can also be members of parliament, and so they carry out legislative or lawmaking
functions as well. Both the government and the cabinet functions under the
control of the parliament as a whole and remains in power only as long as it has the
support of a majority of the members of parliament. If the parliament loses confidence in
the government, the Prime Minister has to call for new elections.
In most countries with parliamentary government, the chief executive is called the Prime
Minister. The Prime Minister is the leader of the largest party in parliament or of a
coalition. A coalition is a temporary joining of parties that together have a majority of
seats. The prime minister is not elected by voters but is nominated by the majority party
and then formally administered the oath of office by the official head of state who may be
the king or queen of a monarchy or the president of a republic. In most parliamentary
governments, the Prime Minister selects his or her ministers. Canada is an example of a
British Parliamentary Democracy. (Canada has a Queen so it is technically a monarchy,
although the Queen has only ceremonial duties and no real power.)

8. Its national government has three branches.
judicial branch - its highest court is the Supreme Court.
legislative branch - composed of two chambers - the Senate and the
House of Commons. The House is the more powerful of the two.
executive branch - its leader, the Prime Minister, has offices in this
building
Canadian Parliamentary
Democracy
The Canadian Parliamentary Democracy...