A2 Travel Blog #1

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Recently, I traveled to Canada and explored various aspects of their political structure and government. Canada's government , or in other words, Harper government is a constitutional monarchy, which is a government that is run by a monarch who is head of the state but does so within the guidelines of the constitution. Queen Elizabeth, Canada's monarch,is privileged with all the power of the state. However, their are several institutions of government under her. These institutions divide legislative abilities between federal and provincial governments. In this way, legislatures of provinces may only pass laws that include topics specific to them by the constitution such as matters of a local or private nature.Whereas, anything else is under the federal parliaments power.

After observing the political structure and government Canada, I find their form of government interesting. They have a monarchy, instead of a president ,which sets them aside from the government that is run where I reside. Unlike the U.S, their monarchy doesn't have a re-election. The monarchy can thus focus on their country's needs and interests over a long period of time, which is a plus for the people that live there. I also concluded that Canada's form of government can be described as a democracy, in a way,because their people do have to a certain extent choice of freedom, right to life and liberty, natural justice, etc. This political structure can surely be convenient for the people living there. URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Canada

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