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So how does your government work?
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: menace on February 22, 2005, 08:52:22 am ---For instance Canada:
leader (official) : prime minister
leader (unofficial): queen of England and her liaison the governor general
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Just to add, there is no limit on how long a person can be Prime Minister.
Also, Prime Minister is the leader of the political party that has the most seats in the House of Commons. We know who the leader of the party is before election day. So we vote for a local member, we know who would become the Prime Minister if the party wins the elections.
And if the leader of the party retires before the end of the term. Then the political party members have a vote to elect the new leader of the party and then that person would become the new Prime Minister.
Finally, there is 4 main party's in Canadian
Liberal - Currently in power.
PC (Progressive Conservative)
Alliance Party
Bloc Quebecois
SeaMonkey:
There are four branches of government.
(According to Thomas Jefferson.)
1) Executive
2) Legislative
3) Judicial
4) Armed citizenry
We are a hybrid of a democracy and a republic, so that less populated areas, generally farming areas, do not lose their voice.
We have an electorate system that doesn't allow small, but highly populated, areas of geography, to dominate and silence the larger areas of the country.
For example, blacks in the U.S. are less than 7% of the popular vote. They still have a large voice, due to the fact that if you want to carry states like Louisiana, and Georgia, then your message has to speak to blacks.
I don't have a vested interests in farmer's rights, women's rights, or even black rights. However I am proud to be part of a system that gives all of these groups a loud voice. A system that is so uniquely fair, it could only be American.
A woman's right to vote, emancipation, affirmative action, and prohibition are examples of sweeping progressive changes to our culture, that was born of the fertile soil that is our electorate system. Issues that would not have fared as well under a single popular vote.
That is how my government works.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: SeaMonkey on February 22, 2005, 12:48:10 pm ---A system that is so uniquely fair, it could only be American.
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WTF?
menace:
??? yeah i agree from that post i still have very little information as to how the US govt body is operated--whats the electoral college for instance? how does this weigh against the popular vote? care to enlighten your fellow board members?
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: menace on February 22, 2005, 01:24:16 pm --- ??? yeah i agree from that post i still have very little information as to how the US govt body is operated--whats the electoral college for instance?
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