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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Since Canada has a democratic government, we should be able to choose who runs our country. ... The Governor General represents the Queen, promotes Canadian unity, signs important documents, and welcomes visiting Heads of States. (1) There are no applications for a Governor General, they have to be chosen by the Prime Minister and the Queen. ... It is significant that senators work closely with the Lower House or the Members of Parliament to try to fulfill everything we, as citizens, would like for our society. ...

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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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