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It doesn't work like that here. Our PM is not the commander in chief.
by na85 5y ago
It doesn't work like that here. Our PM is not the commander in chief.
- barry-cotter 5y agoIf the head of the Executive and Legislature is not in charge of the government who is? The Governor-General may officially be the Executive but that's a rubber stamp, not an effective constraint on the power of the Prime Minister. Reality and legal forms are not the same thing.
- gotorazor 5y agoIn Canada, the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy is the rule. A written Constitution is a recent addition. In a minority parliament, the legislature can be a very effective check in reality. Executive (Crown powers) are also distributed by the Governor General to the entire cabinet. Depending on the relative strength of the politician, they are technically colleague — unlike the American system where they work for the president. The Canadian prime minister are usually in fact and in legal form “first among equals.”