Do Canadians have more control over what their politicians and bureaucrats do than Americans do over their´s?

Question

Of course, this question can be reversed!

Answer 1

Similar governments have similar effects, and similar control by the public. Both Canada and the US have an elected representative form of government, just like England. The people elect those politicians that most closely represent their point of view. We then trust those politicians to vote, as we would want them to. It doesn't always happen in that way though.

One difference between our government and the Parliamentary form of government is how the leadership is determined and who is government’s leader (the President or the Prime Minister). A Prime Minister is elected from the ruling party, but a coalition (some sort of agreement) has to be made with the other parties. If a majority of the Parliament no long wants the Prime Minister to rule (like after and election and a change in ruling parties) then a new vote can be called for and the Prime Minister can be replaced.

In the United States the only way the President can be changed is when there is an election (once every four years) or when the President performs an illegal act and is convicted in an impeachment trial.

If the United States had a Parliamentary form of government then the two houses would elect the President and he (or she) would only be in power as long as his party held the majority of power in both houses. When President Reagan was in his second term the Democrats held power in both Houses of Congress. This caused some difficulty between the Executive Branch and the Legal Branch. If the US used a Parliamentary system then President Reagan would have been forced out of power and a new, and Democratic President (who would have to come from one of the Houses of Congress) would have been elected.

Our founding fathers decided that it was more important to have a strong and independent President so they made his election directly responsible to the people, and gave him strength to resist a strong Congress. Each system has its strengths and weaknesses. Ronald Reagan was one of our best presidents, especially in his second term when he made the Democratic controlled Congress tow the line and submit a balanced budget. He couldn’t have done this in a Parliamentary form of government, because the Democrats would have removed him.

Answer 2

Once you cast your vote, I'm afraid you automatically give control over to the person elected. That's the purpose of elections to have someone represent you. But to answer your question, no, Canadians have no more control over their elected politicians than Americans.

Answer 3

Politicians everywhere promise you the world, before the election, and after they get into office, they do whatever they want, almost with free rein.Politicians represent themselves, not the people who elected them.

Answer 4

No its about the same. Which means NONE

Answer 5

No all Governments are screwed up.

Answer 6

No, I think its pretty much the same.