CANADA

Canada

Canada

Introduction

There are many countries in the world from which some are democratic while the others are conservative and follow different kinds of systems such monarchy and dictatorship. Canada is a great country and is beautiful in every aspect one of which is the government. The government of Canada has been the same from 1867 and not many changes have been found (The Globe and mail, 2011).

Discussion

Closely inspecting Canada reveals that the government is democratic dictatorship. This is because most of the power lies with the Prime Minister. Besides this, the Prime Minister is also entitled to control spending as well as the budget of Canada. Moreover, the Prime Minister also holds the power of appointment which gives him much authority. Therefore, it can be said that the Prime Minister is considered as the central figure in the government of Canada. This is the reason why he has a very strong position in Canada. There are basic and very powerful powers that have been given to the Prime Minister and these include the following.

Power of party leadership - This gives the Prime Minister the power of deciding about the next candidate for his party during elections. Moreover, he can also claim a mandate and this means that he can say that elected party to the government has been chosen by the people.

Power of appointment - This enables the Prime Minister to appoint any individual in any position.

Power of government organization - The Prime Minister has the power of creating or abolishing the parliament when the government is popular.

Assistance is provided to the Prime Minister by the Director of Policy and Research. They provide advice with reference to policy, direction and coordinate implementation of policies to the Prime Minister. Moreover, support is also provided by Privy Council for the cabinet as well as the Prime Minister. These are the reasons why Canada is known as democratic dictatorship. Advice is also provided to the Prime Minister by the Governor General with reference to parliament and elections. Moreover, since the Prime Minister is the one who appoints the senate, it speaks always in his favor. However, there is no modern democratic head of any government in the world today who enjoys this kind of power without any loss of rights of people. When elections are conducted, the Prime Minster is decided by the majority of seats in the Parliament.

With reference to the values, Canada is socially democratic than conservative. This means that government intervention is supported and this is because the government ensures level of equity, fairness, and economic security. It has been written by a Conservative supporter, Glenn Penner that parties have been allowed to abandon their principles in order to let the gain and maintain power. Voting for parties is done because of loyalty towards the parties. Further, it has also been said by Chrystal Ocean that democracy is important for Canada to shape media outlets that also block the movements initiated by the citizens and ...