Democracy -- Checks and Balances
As James Madison, one of the central figures in the drafting of the United States of America’s Constitution and later fourth president once wrote, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." Democracy is defined as a government, which derives its power from the consent of the people, given in regular, free, and fair elections under conditions of freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of speech. One of the most important contributions to democratic practice has been the development of a system of checks and balances to ensure that political power is dispersed and decentralized. It is a system founded on the deeply held belief that government is best when its potential for abuse is curbed and when it is held as close to the people as possible. While more democratic than some self-proclaimed countries, changes have to be made to the Canadian political system, providing citizens with a more effective means of checking and balancing. In an attempt to better understand the changes that need to be made within the Canadian political system one needs to look into the policies and arrangements of other democratic countri
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Approximate Word count = 1060
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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