Saturday, November 8, 2014

Canada and Japan

These are the notes we took yesterday in class:

Canada:
  • A parliamentary government: a democratic form of government which the party with the greatest representation in the parliament forms the government
  • Has had a parliamentary government since 1867
  • A federation
  • There are 5 political parties
  • The leader is Stephan Harper
  • The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II
  • Anyone can be elected as the prime minister as long as they're over 18 years old
  • Prime minister can stay the prime minister as long as the people vote for him ; no term limit
  • The longest term served has been 21 years
  • Stephan Harper has been the prime minister for 8 years
  • The prime minister is in office until he/she resigns, is dismissed, or dies
  • They have elections every 4 years. The next election is in 2015


Japan:
  • Shinzo Abe is the leader
  • Parliamentary system and am constitutional monarchy
  • They are a unitary state
  • The prime minister has more power than the emperor
  • Japan does not elect a prime minister directly
  • No term limit
  • They can impeach or re-elect to get rid of a leader
  • The emperor is Akihito
  • Shinzo Abe will stay in power as long as he is doing his job well








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