Government in Canada
Type of Government
Representative Democracy
-Citizens electe repsresentatives to make
decisions on their Behalf
Constitutional Monarchy
Queen Elizabethh II is the head of state
Legislative Branch
Creates, changes, writes laws
The House of Commons
Executive Branch
Makes Decisions and Adminster them
Composed with three elements
The Formal Executive
Composed by the queen
to fulfill the monarch's daily
duties in canada
The Political Executive
Lead by Prime Minister (includes the Cabinet)
The Permanent Executive
Civil servants who manage and
administer the goverment's policies
The Judicial Branch
Interprets the meaning of the laws
and our constitution and acts as a
last appeal.
Consists of the Supreme Court
and federal judges of Canada
Supreme Court
Federal Judges
Municipal
Mayor of Richmond Hill
The Municipal government is responsible for
libaries, parks, local police, roadways and etc
Provincial
In ontario our premiere is Doug Ford
The Provincial government is respoinsible
for Education, health care, courts/ justice, etc
Federal
The Federal Government is responsible
for putting laws into action, bills, public-
services and etc
The leader of the Federal government
Prime Minister at this time is Justin Trudeu
Electoral System
1. Repsonsible Goverment
2. Representaion by Citizens
3. Campaign in certain regions
4. Voting
5. Counting and results
Parliament goes on
This role is represented by the
Governor General which is currently
Julie Payyette
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