Differences
- The US has a President that has the power to give final approval on bills and has the power to veto them, whereas Canada has a Prime Minister does not have that power.
- Canada maintains strong ties with Britain and the Queen is the head of state. Whereas the US has cut all ties with Britain and does not recognize any monarch.
- In the US the Senate is elected; in Canada it is appointed by the Prime Minister. In this way the Canadian Prime Minister has the similar power to give the final say on bills that the American President has because the Prime Minister chooses those that vote last on the bill.
- The Prime Minister of Canada has an unlimited number of terms as long as they keep being elected democratically where as the President of the United States has a limit of two four year terms that they can be in office.
- Members of the Cabinet have the power to introduce bills in Canada where as in the US the President and Cabinet cannot introduce bills.
- In Canada when there is disagreement between the government and the House of Commons they can call for a confidence vote (in which a complete re-election of the House of Commons would be performed) whereas in the US the President and Congress can be in disagreement and the President still serves their term until it is finished
Similarities
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- Both countries have two houses of legislative government, the House of Representatives and the Senate and the House of Commons and the Senate.
- Both countries have the same three-branch structure of government (Legislative, Executive and Judicial).
- Both governments are democracies.
- Both countries have an individual who is the leader of their government (the President and the Prime Minister).