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    Canada’s Prime minister and his fundamental culture of power have increased dramatically over the last few decades. In the political spectrum power can be seen as authority held by a variety of individuals that constitutionalize a governing society. In Canada this power is divided into various separate branches of political institutions. The handling of power and distinction of these roles is determined through foundations that include the Legislative branch, the executive branch, the bureaucracy

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    The centralized government with new political organization such as absolutism had been formed in France, England, and Spain. The legislative and executive powers belonged to the head of state rather than a government institution. The monarch relied on a powerful bureaucratic apparatus, a standing army, a tax system. Absolute monarchy reached the utmost point under Louis XIV (1643-1715)(444). His power was so unlimited that he could do whatever he wanted. Squander of the royal accumulation, enormous

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    constitutional monarch has less power and is really only a figurehead as a head of state. In Ancient Greece there were not really a lot of monarchies, there was of course Sparta with its unique two King system. The two Kings come from the direct descendants of the founders of Sparta, they weren’t really absolute monarchs because they had the ephors stopping them from taking too many decisions that could be harmful to the state (Cartwright, 2013). There were other monarchies in the times of Ancient

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    government as, "The exercise of authority in a political unit in order to control and administer public policy." Webster's Desk Dictionary of the English Language defines government as, "The political direction and control exercised over a nation, state, community, etc." The common individual might define government as the root of all evil. The thing about government is that no one stops to think about how government came about. Government falls into two categories; monarchy or a republic. A monarchy

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    throughout all jurisdictions in Canada. Queen Elizabeth the second is the sovereign of Canada she is the head of state; she must

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    under one ruler began to emerge and dominate countries throughout Europe. This replaced the old feudal system, in which power was fragmented between a large group of lords and vassals all fighting between each other. In Europe, powerful bureaucratic states began to form in France, England, and Spain, and later in Austria, Prussia, and Russia, as leaders solidified their power by raising taxes, strengthening the military, and declaring their superiority over the traditional nobility. This new style of

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    first-past-the-post system, in which the plurality (the candidate with the most votes, not the candidate with the majority, which is defined as 50% + 1) wins. Both countries indirectly elect the head of the government. In the UK, this is the prime minister. In the US, this is the president.

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    Topic: Is the Prime Minister Too Powerful? In this essay, I will demonstrate that the Prime Minister is powerful and can cause many potential dangers by analyzing different elements inside and outside of our government over the period of different Prime Ministers throughout the Canadian political history. In theory, the Parliament is the most important institution in the Canadian government and all members of the parliament are equal. The Prime Minister is supposed to be primus inter pares, meaning

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    coming from a higher authority, specifically the symbolic head of Canada. In general, presupposition is used to establish a favourable bias of Canada throughout the

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    Legally, Canada’s head of state is the Queen, and the Governor General is the Queen’s representative for the Federal government. However, it is the Prime Minister that governs Canada. The Prime Minister is known as the nation’s head of government, his role is known to be one of the most powerful leadership positions in any Western Democracy, meaning a great deal of Canadian political life centers around his/her deeds and decisions. Among our twenty-three Prime Ministers, Sir John Alexander Macdonald’s

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