Any Canadian citizen 18 years of age or older, and who has not been living out of the country for 5 years or more may vote in a Federal Election.
(Note: In 2002, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down a provision that prohibited people serving prison sentences of 2 years or more from voting. All incarcerated citizens may vote.)
11.1 federal (the Governor General) and 10 provincial (the Lieutenant Governors).
in a parliametary democracy,voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body called parliament
The people who are elected are called Members of Parliament, or MP's. The leader of the party with the most elected MP's becomes the Prime Minister.
Canada has a parliamentary system of government, while the US has a presidential system. Canada is a confederation where the provinces individually have more power than do the states in the federation that is the United States One key difference is that US directly elects its president, while in Canada the Prime Minister is merely the leader of the party that obtains the most votes.
One person serves as both the head of state and the head of government
the house of Representatives
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
democracy
U.S. House of Representatives
No president in Canada.
The House of Representatives.
House of Representatives
The House of Representatives elects the President, and the Senate elects the Vice President.
constituency
Speaker of the House
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republic