Canada vs. USA

Canada United States Basics -Parliamentary/constitutional monarchy-Federal-Responsible (executive part of legislation)-Written AND unwritten constitution -Presidential/congressional-Republic-Federal-Separation of powers with checks and balances. -Written constitution Elections/10 & /10 -Divided into 301 electoral constituencies.-Reflects the democratic principle of representation by population.-Members of various political parties gather and choose a candidate to represent them in the election.-Candidate with the most votes is elected to represent the constituency in legislature.-Party with the most candidates elected forms the …

…useful way to keep a check on the power of the House of Representatives and the president. -Senators are elected for a six-year term and 1/3 of them are elected every two years.-100 members of the Senate, two elected from each state.-The Senate must authorize all presidential appointments to the cabinet, Supreme Court, and senior civil service. Along with treaties and negotiations made by the president.- Judicial branch/10 & /10 Political parties/10 & /10 Leadership conventions/15 & /10 Media/10