POWERS OF PRIME MINISTER

Powers of Prime Minister

Powers of Prime Minister

Introduction

The presidential systems are common in the Western hemisphere; they are not the only option available to governments. In fact, presidential systems are in the minority when it comes to regime types found throughout the world. Parliamentary systems actually outnumber presidential states when we take stock of the entire global community. Many students of U.S. politics, parliamentary systems remain a foreign concept, and the inner workings of these regimes are equally befuddling. Accordingly, it is necessary to discuss the defining characteristics and operation of parliamentary governments before presenting the appeals of parliamentary systems and discussing an emerging type of government, generally referred to as hybrid regimes.

The Prime Minister is the head of government in Canada, and it usually takes this function as chief of the party with the most elected MPs in the House of Commons. In addition to running the government, the prime minister is also head of the executive or the Office of Federal, consisting of ministers he has chosen and he recommended the appointment to the Governor General (McGregor, 2006, pp. 147-166).

By constitutional convention, the Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor General. Technically, the Prime Minister plays an advisory role, and presents recommendations to the Governor General (the Head of State and the most senior executive in Canada) on issues ranging from the appointment of Cabinet members to determine the date of general elections. However, since the early twentieth century, this advisory role has become largely symbolic, when comparing the powers of the governor general constitutional power and authority of the elected government. The Prime Minister and his government remain in place as long as they retain the confidence of the House of Commons.

While the modern governor general has only a nominal influence on the actions of the Canadian government, the Prime Minister is decisive. The Prime Minister shapes the heart of government, not only in choosing Cabinet members, but also in structuring the main central agencies, the Privy Council Office and the Office of the Prime minister. In addition to enable it to administer the legislative agenda of Parliament and its strategic directions, the great authority of the Prime Minister is felt on all orders of government (Cox, 2007, pp. 23-54).

Discussion

Canada is a constitutional monarchy, a member of the Commonwealth, and the official head of state is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the title of "Queen of Canada" since 6th February 1952. The official representative of the Queen of Canada is the Governor-General. In addition, Canada is a federal parliamentary system with a democratic tradition that dates back to British democracy of the XVI century. State power is vested in the executive branch - cabinet headed by Prime Minister - and the legislative branch, consisting of two chambers of parliament: the House of Commons and the Senate. The Senate may reject any bill proposed by the deputies, but has no right to propose bills related to the costs (Cheibub, 2006, ...