Canada vs. USA
Canada United States
Basics -Parliamentary/constitutional monarchy-Federal-Responsible (executive part of legislation)-Written AND unwritten constitution -Presidential/congressional-Republic-Federal-Separation of powers with checks and balances. -Written constitution
Elections/10 & /10 -Divided into 301 electoral constituencies.-Reflects the democratic principle of representation by population.-Members of various political parties gather and choose a candidate to represent them in the election.-Candidate with the most votes is elected to represent the constituency in legislature.-Party with the most candidates elected forms the …
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…useful way to keep a check on the power of the House of Representatives and the president. -Senators are elected for a six-year term and 1/3 of them are elected every two years.-100 members of the Senate, two elected from each state.-The Senate must authorize all presidential appointments to the cabinet, Supreme Court, and senior civil service. Along with treaties and negotiations made by the president.-
Judicial branch/10 & /10
Political parties/10 & /10
Leadership conventions/15 & /10
Media/10
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