Not quite, Crazy ! However it is the basic "Westminster" form of government.There are some differences and some similarities. Of course it's a parliamentary system,,, no House of Lords ...we have (Members of Parliament) known as the House of Commons and the useless Senate (not House of Lords)...consisting of Prime Minister appointees of notable citizens (ex politicians and millionaires) who sleep for the most part and serve from another country !!!!...ya there was this one guy in the Senate a few years ago who was so called vacationing in some resort ...problem was nobody missed him for quite awhile until he was ordered back to Canada !!!...unbelievable ...politicians eh !...lol
We don't have primaries , candidates up for election are voted in by local members who do not have to belong to a particular party. Then we have a General Election to vote for the members and the PM all at once.
Canada was having General Elections every two years or so because of minority Liberal and Conservative governments created by too many fairly significant parties (Conservatives, Liberals, NDP (New Democratic Party) and Parti Quebecois - intent on separation of French speaking Quebec Province from the rest of Canada.
Parliament recently passed a bill that only allows an election every four years like the United States of America.
Now with a majority Conservative Government and a strong opposition in the NDP (sort of like the British Labour Party) Canada is fairly stable except for economic problems that we are all facing.
One interesting proposal by the Government recently is to raise the eligibility of the Old Age Security Pension benefit from 65 to 67 years old ! It's like they want you to croak before you even receive one cheque !!!...lol. I think France has already implemented it in a desparate attempt to save money and stall the bankruptcy of Government pension plans...same reason here in Canada.
How does it work over in Australia, CH ?
We don't have primaries , candidates up for election are voted in by local members who do not have to belong to a particular party. Then we have a General Election to vote for the members and the PM all at once.
Canada was having General Elections every two years or so because of minority Liberal and Conservative governments created by too many fairly significant parties (Conservatives, Liberals, NDP (New Democratic Party) and Parti Quebecois - intent on separation of French speaking Quebec Province from the rest of Canada.
Parliament recently passed a bill that only allows an election every four years like the United States of America.
Now with a majority Conservative Government and a strong opposition in the NDP (sort of like the British Labour Party) Canada is fairly stable except for economic problems that we are all facing.
One interesting proposal by the Government recently is to raise the eligibility of the Old Age Security Pension benefit from 65 to 67 years old ! It's like they want you to croak before you even receive one cheque !!!...lol. I think France has already implemented it in a desparate attempt to save money and stall the bankruptcy of Government pension plans...same reason here in Canada.
How does it work over in Australia, CH ?
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:so SteveO, does Canada follow the "Westminster" form of Government....being a Commonwealth country??
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