No bill can become a law unless it is approved by the parliament; no party can stay in parliament unless there is continuos support by the parliament. This system is very old; Canada's Parliament reaches back over 800 years to the foundations of British parliamentary tradition. ... Then the struggle began within parliament over who will have authority and the demand for democracy. ... When a Canadian election is held, people vote for a local representative who usually belongs to a political party (i.e. the Liberal Party of Canada, the New Democratic Party of Canada, etc.). ... The Prime M...

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The Prime Minister's power has been increasing over time, and the office now controls much of the power of the Canadian government. ... National elections in Canada must be held at least every five years. However, Prime Ministers have the power to instruct the governor-general to dissolve Parliament at any time. The dissolution of Parliament triggers a national election. The dissolution of Parliament is a power that Prime Ministers have enviously guarded. ...

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Canada has repeatedly been named the best, or among the best places to live on earth by the United Nations. ... There are those that still believe that Canada needs a strong and efficient government to deal with the divisive nature of relations between Quebec and the rest of Canada. ... However, things were much different during the years of Canada's early confederation. ... It seems Canada's opposition parties haven't learned from history that the Liberals can only be ousted from power by coalitions promising the moderation and compromise that Canadians have always preferre...

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The third system is where the president has little or no power but can be given power if needed,Basically this means that the president is a figurehead more like the queen than any other leader.In this system we will be taking the govenor generals and the queens power out and redistributing it to members of parliament and mainly the prime minister.This will of course be using the westminster system of government that is currently used in Australia today. ... Another argument is that we should not share our head of state with any other country, as queen even though she has appointed ...

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