Differences between American and Canadian Core Executive The differences between American and Canadian governments can be seen if to look how they govern themselves. Another difference is that Canada is constitutional monarchy and the U. S. is republic. Canada has parliamentary-cabinet government, while America has presidential-congressional. This actually means that the president of the United States is the head of the government.
In Canada, the Governor General is the head of the provinces and the is the head of the government. Canadian parliamentary-cabinet relies on the concentration of powers. The Prime Minister should be a member of one House of the other. United States, the President, and every other member of both houses are elected for a fixed term: the President for four years and the senators for six years.
The prime minister appoints senators to the Senate, instead of them being elected into office by the voters of Canada. This is how Canadian government has been formed and how it has worked for the last hundred years; this is no longer the most democratic form of government for Canada. The Senate is chosen by the Prime minister of Canada and therefore is biased, by this patronage appointment. Canadas Senate should be elected, to return democratic principals to the citizens of Canada. To be equal and democratic, senators must be elected by their constituents in their provinces. If the senate were elected it would become fair, each province having the same amount of representatives no matter how large or small.
Each region of Canada is getting the time and choice of presenting own needs. Once this is in place, the Canadian Senate would become effective. Hearing bills from every province and every party being apart of the senate, Canada would be heading for triple E senate (Elected, Equal and Effective). For this to be done, the Constitution of Canada would have to be changed, and all ten provinces would have to agree of the amount of elected representatives coming from each province.
The government in charge should have the choice of going against its own bills if they are not beneficial to the country. This would be called a free vote. Right now, if the Liberal government was to go and vote against one of its own bills, the government would be overthrown. This makes no sense because that means that every bill that the head party conjures up has to be voted for, or else the party is thrown out of power. This is not a written rule or anything it has been around only for the last 130 years and should be forgotten. The defeat of a government measure in the House of Commons should not automatically mean the defeat of the government.
Defeat of a government motion should be followed by a vote of the people in parliament of a vote on non-confidence, that will either lead to self resignation or the disappearing of the house in a general election. Lastly, elections should be held every four years at a predetermined time, like in the United States of America. If a government was to be defeated in the House of Commons, and election would be called immediately. The election date would be four years from the same predetermined time of year. By-elections should be held within six months of a seat becoming available in the House of Commons. Canadas Federal Government could run better with some of these suggestions.
The way to make Canadas citizens happier is to get the Canadian citizens more involved in what is going on. If the senate were voted into power rather then appointed, more of Canadas problems would be met and solved. Representation by population will have more of Canadas people heard, therefore making Canada more democratic. Free votes in the House of Commons, will result in a government with more power and the ability to say no.
The institution of Members of Parliament recall will let the people be in control of the government indirectly, keeping what they want in their hands. Lastly, by having a pre-determined election date the government will run more effective and efficient. These changes should be made to make Canada as a stronger nation. The president, however, cannot pass a single bill without the approval of the House and the Senate. The president can propose bills, and he often deals with many short, yet unthinkably important questions concerning various factors throughout the world. For this reason it is possible to conclude that Canadas core executive is more autonomous than American executive branch..