Canada is a parliamentary democracy. The US is not. The Prime Minister of Canada is a member of parliament who is the Prime or first or paramount Minster of the Crown. There is no executive branch.
Wisconsin Senate passes limits on incoming Dem governor
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I'm sure you will be equally calm if the Democratic House decides to impeach Trump.
Despite the Democrats getting far more votes. But Gerrymandering is another issue when discussing democratic mandate.
Doesn't this action by the state legislature undermine the three separate branches?
It’s a branch of government exercising its power. If they have over-reached the new Governor will bring suit and it will end up in the judicial branch. Struggles between the tree happen all the time, Obama’s Dreamers executive orders were stayed by the judicial branch, Trumps immigration ruling was at first stayed and then upheld by the judicial branch. Nothing could be more democratic.
I won’t be so ignorant as to say it’s a failure of democracy.
None of that would mean anything if they can’t get 67 Senators to convict. Ask Bubba.
Read this, then, and become educated. This is straight from the Federal Government website.
https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliamen...overview-canadian-parliamentary-system-e.html
Your statement that there is no executive branch is factually wrong. I did no include the other members of the Executive branch, although the Cabinet IS part of the executive branch.
Our system is in many ways, similar to the American system, not exactly, but similar.
Overview of the Canadian Parliamentary System
PARLIAMENT:
- The Monarch (represented by the Governor General)
- Senators
- Members of Parliament (MPs)
- Executive (the Monarch/Governor General, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet)
- Federal departments(such as National Defence,Justice and Finance)
- Monarch/Governor General
- Prime Minister
- Cabinet members (Senators and MPs)
These two words don’t mean the same thing!
Parliament is the legislative (lawmaking) part of government, made up of the Monarch, the Senate and the House of Commons. For example, Parliament passed a bill.
Government has two meanings:
- Generally, government refers to the management (governing) of a country.
- Specifically, the Government consists of the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the federal departments they manage.
Three branches work together to govern Canada: the executive, legislative and judicial branches. The executive branch (also called the Government) is the decision-making branch, made up of the Monarch (represented by the Governor General), the Prime Minister, and the Cabinet. The legislative branch is the law-making branch, made up of the appointed Senate and the elected House of Commons. The judicial branch is a series of independent courts that interpret the laws passed by the other two branches.
Parliament itself is made up of the following three parts: the Monarch, the Senate and the House of Commons.
Canada is a constitutional monarchy, which means that we recognize the Queen or King as the Head of State, while the Prime Minister is the Head of Government.
And, also
https://www.ourcommons.ca/About/Com...ork/c_d_executivebranchgovernmentcanada-e.htm
Executive Branch of Government in Canada
In Canada, the executive branch of government comprises of the Crown (the Head of State, represented in Canada by the Governor General), the Prime Minister (the Head of Government) and the Cabinet. The executive is the branch of government that makes and implements the decisions required to maintain the rule of law and the well-being of Canadians.
The Prime Minister and the Ministers he or she chooses form the Cabinet. The Prime Minister also appoints Ministers of State to assist individual Cabinet Ministers. Persons appointed to the Cabinet are generally elected Members of Parliament, although it is customary for the Prime Minister to appoint at least one Senator to the Cabinet. Ministers serve “at the pleasure” of the Prime Minister, who may replace them or request their resignation at any time. The Prime Minister may also redefine ministerial portfolios and determine the size of the Cabinet as he or she sees fit.
The Cabinet is the key decision-making forum in the Canadian government. It leads and directs the executive branch of government. It is the effective and functioning part of the Privy Council, the council of advisers to the Crown, which also includes former Prime Ministers, former Ministers, and other persons appointed for special reasons. Privy Councillors are active in their capacity as advisers to the Crown once they are appointed to be Members of Cabinet. Cabinet acts as an executive council that develops policies to govern the country. It introduces bills to transform these policies into law.
The Prime Minister assigns a specific portfolio (area of responsibility) to each Minister. Each Minister oversees the operations of the government department(s) corresponding to that portfolio. Ministers are responsible for ensuring that the policies developed by the Cabinet are implemented in the departments.
A Cabinet (the Cabinet Ministers serving under a particular Prime Minister) lasts as long as the mandate of the Prime Minister who appoints it. It exists from the day the Prime Minister takes the oath of office until the day he or she resigns. As soon as a Prime Minister resigns, his or her Cabinet Ministers cease to hold office. If and when a Prime Minister is returned to office, he or she will form a new Cabinet, which may or may not include the same Ministers who formed the previous one.
Resignation may occur following a defeat in a general election, following a vote of non-confidence in the House of Commons, or for other reasons, including the Prime Minister’s desire to simply leave office.
Great that this thread could pivot from highlighting Canadian ignorance of the US government system to a civics lesson on Canadian government system.
Not every terbite is ignorant of the American system, nor of the Canadian one, either. However, this thread is quite an eye-opener. I just want to add that most democracies work in similar ways. Hopefully, whoever is in power doesn’t fuck up their system and allows it to work the way it was intended to for the good of its people.
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Some people's ignorance has led to some interesting facts being posted. Thanks for that.
Now .... where is this crown everyone yaps about? lol
Now .... where is this crown everyone yaps about? lol
The Governor General is the vice regal, representing Queen Elisabeth. That is the Crown, a symbolic head of state.
I don't know about you but I was talking about the governor of Wisconson, USA... Is he not the executive branch?
Perverting and distorting the balance of power for temporary partisan purposes... It's the Repuglican way!
Dude, I think you're on the wrong thread. This thread is about Wisconsin, which is one of the Unites States of America ( not Canada).. Get it now?
If the the Republican had won governor, they would not have done this. They just thought of a way to cheat by perverting the Constitution.....
A little respect for the will of the voters might help you.......unless all you care about is rigging the system to ensure your agenda prevails by any means.
