Canada vs. USA
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 legislative government; the leader of that party becomes Prime Minister.-Minority government (number elected is less than 50%) requires support from elected numbers of a different political party to remain in power.-Party with the second most votes forms the Official Opposition; the leader becomes Leader of the Opposition.-Opposition is responsible in monitoring activities of government insuring against the misuse or abuse of government powers.-Elections are held at least once every five years with variable terms (can change from election to election.-Prime minister has the authority to call elections
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Some common words found in the essay are:
West East, Democratic Republican, House Representatives, White House, Representatives Senate, United Basics, Leader Opposition-Opposition, House Commons, December Electors, House Commons-Cabinet, house commons, house representatives, prime minister, executive branch, money bills, passed house, passed house representatives, branch/10 /10, political party, legislation passed, -the president, legislation passed house,
Approximate Word count = 1325
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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