The American Presidential System vs. The Canadian Parliamentary System

Governments play a large part in our lives. We are so used to their role, that much of their influence goes unnoticed. Governments differ from country to country, but their influence remains. Canada is a democracy with a parliamentary system of government. The United States of America is also a democracy but with a presidential system of government. Canada's parliament consists of the Queen, the Senate and the House of Commons. In the Canadian parliamentary …

…differences. One strength to a Parliamentary system is with a majority, the government has power to govern and one weakness is in a parliamentary system, the government is unstable if a majority is not obtained. One strength to a Presidential system of government is that checks and balances limit the power of the branches of government and one weakness is voters must wait for regular elections to unseat an unsatisfactory president or member of Congress.