Elections in Canada

the requirements for filing a Section 156 election for closely related groups on form GST25. These changes take effect January 1, 2015. Section 156 of the Excise Tax Act allows for qualifying closely related groups to jointly elect to treat taxable supplies, with certain exceptions) made between them as having been made for no consideration. Essentially, the election removes the GST/HST requirement on many intercompany transactions. Previously, the election was made on form GST25 and there was no requirement

Mississauga Ontario Copyright Sebastian Alvaro Velez-Bolivar Course title: POL 111H5 S Canada in Comparative Perspective Instructor: Professor David Pond from University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON Canada. Date: Thursday, November 10, 2016 Voting is a hugely important concept that shapes many societies, more specifically countries in the west. To countries like Canada and the U.S the right to vote is single-handedly the most important right in our and many other

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative called for an early election in 2015 and believed they would win, however, the results were not what they have expected. Their defeat was partly due the Canadian parliamentary system with single member districts and the Canadian electoral system. Unlike the United States’ presidential system that elects a president, a prime minister is considered as the head of the Canadian government. If Canada uses the American presidential system, and elects a president

governing that Canada adopted as their own. Parliament works harmoniously in three parts: the monarch, the House of Commons and the Senate. Parliament has two chambers: the Senate and the House of Commons. Both chambers must review and refine any bill that has been proposed in Parliament before it officially becomes a law. The Senate is composed of 105 Senators who are appointed to Parliament by the Governor General on the Prime Ministers recommendation from various regions of Canada. Members in the

Vs. Proportional Representation in Canadian Elections Two years have passed since Canada’s last election. The 2015 Canadian election was promised to be the last election using the first-past-the-post system otherwise known as a single-member plurality system (“The Electoral System of Canada”). Proportional Representation is another system that has been touted as an alternative to Canada’s current system. While it remains to be seen if Canada’s election system will receive an overhaul, proportional

leader Stephen Harper as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada. Harper would continue to be Prime Minister for an additional 10 years, until October, 2015 when his party was brutally defeated by the Liberal party, led by Justin Trudeau. It would be the same message that Stephen Harper was advertising in 2006 that led to his defeat in 2015, to create “Real Change” for Canadians. Before the 2015 election, the Harper government

Canadian government is the Prime Minster of Canada. It has been stated that the Prime Minister of Canada has far more power within the Canadian system of government than the President of America has in the American System (Caron, 2017). This excess power the Prime Minister has when compared to the President of American shows the difference ranges of power top leaders can have in their specific country. However, is the amount of power the Prime Minister has in Canada too much? To determine if the Prime

international trade networks and even its greatly advanced economy. The fact the Canada has a very complex and long relationship with the United States of America, this has made a very great impact on its culture and even economy. Canada is considered as a developed country and is home of the tenth highest nominal per capita globally as well as even ranking the 9th highest in the HMI or Human Development Index. Also, Canada ranks the highest in international measurements such as, quality of life, economic

The 2015 Canadian federal election, which took place on October 19, 2015, saw the Liberal Party's victory and the Conservative Party's defeat. Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party called the election early, after 10 years in Parliament and a strong run in the 2011 federal election, believing it would grant them the upper hand. This decision to dissolve parliament in August instead of September granted them longer campaign time, but did not make as great of an impact as they had wanted it to

Over the years Canadians have headed to the polls to cast a vote for a candidate, in presumption that every vote counts and that Canada has a fair electoral system. Despite those beliefs, are the results of an election a reflection of what Canadians voted for? Does Canada use a fair electoral system? The issue whether the Canadian government should change its first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral voting system has been widely debated over the years. It is an important issue because it concerns each