Powers of Canadian prime minister and federal cabinet in Canadian executive

• Leads the largest party in Canadian parliament Canadian prime minister being a member of parliament as well as taking part in siting and voting in the House of Commons, is mandated to maintain very tight control over his party members an is also responsible for directing and overseeing the entire process of the parliament. This includes being involved on the decision made made in which bills introduced in parliament and laws that are passed. • Heads the executive branch The PM is mandated to make decisions that are required to run the large government of Canada. These decisions include hiring other government officials, assign projects to different sectors of the bureaucracy as well as being the government representative in its interactions and relationships with various provincial as well as local governments without forgetting governments of other countries.

• Appointment powers The PM has powers to appoint the following officials of the Canadian government: 1. • Administrative powers Most of the Canadian ministers are the heads of different government departments and this capacity they will are mandate to act as departments’ administrators and chief directors. • Quasi- Judicial powers The Canadian cabinet finally is mandated to have a number of regulatory agencies as well as boards that are aimed at overseeing operations of crucial departments of the economy as well as society of the Canada. Comparison between executive powers Canadian Prime Minister & US President • Both the Canadian prime minister and the US president are the heads of their executive arm of their respective governments. • Both of them have the mandate to form and head their respective federal governments.

• Both the president of America and Canadian prime minister have power to appoint various important officials to run/ head government department. He tends to enjoy more authorities and many of the powers of Crown are majorly exercised by the prime minister (Diana et al. pp. Work cited Eagles, Munroe, and Nik Nanos. "Stronger Together? Support for Political Cooperation in Canada and the United States, 2005-2016. " PS, Political Science & Politics 50. The parliament of Canadian may also create a court of appeal together with other courts. The Canadian parliament so far has established Canadian Supreme Court, the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal and the Tax Court (C. L. Ostberg, pp. The parliament of Canada has exclusive power over the court's procedures that are mandated to try criminal cases.

L. Ostberg, pp. The Federal Court of Appeal is mandated to review decisions made by all the courts. Role of Provincial/ Territory level courts These courts are mandated to try most of the offences, matters of money, as well as family matters. They may also comprise specialized courts like youth courts, small claims courts and the family courts. The Canadian Supreme Court at that time tended to make the interpretation on the British North America Act in literally form as the Judicial Committee took into account the socio-political considerations (C. L. Ostberg, pp. 1960-1982- Bill of Rights/ Patriation By this time the supreme was faced with high rates of divisive questions on issues related to religious freedoms, censorship as well as police procedures.

The Supreme Court was challenged to scrutinize legislation in relation to various guarantees of human rights as it was pressurized by the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in order to solve this issue in order to enact Canadian Bill of Rights. pp. She also emphasized on the role of the justice; resolving disputes as the primary task to be played by the judges. The judges are also mandated to deal with complex social policy questions no how difficult they are. She also emphasized on judges’ duty to obey the law and their judicial conscience. They should, therefore, do not even what they want to do but to do what they ought to do. " Fed. L. Rev. Wetstein, Matthew E. , and C.

Recent studies claim that even though Canada vowed to protect the rights of the indigenous people this tends to be far from reality. The country has failed the Aboriginals forcing the two sides to ensnare in a sort of broken relationship. Studies indicate that the socio-economic status of the Aboriginal Peoples in Canada is very low when compared to the non-indigenous. There is lack availability of services especially to Aboriginals living in remote areas of the country (Michael D. Giardina, pp. The children of indigenous communities were the main target because of they arise a consensus between the church officials and the Canadian government that aboriginal savagery could only be handled through taking away children from their homes at the early stage and thereafter instilling them with the dominant society’s ways.

Successive Indian Act-Many Aboriginals have been able to get land set aside under treaty agreements and the Indian Act. Aboriginals have since been able to possess a right to live in lands in reserves where band administrative, as well as political structures, have been located there. The Indian Act has also played a key role in pushing the government of Canada to realize the integrity of the Aboriginals and therefore providing them with material support where necessary (Joseph William, pp. Importance of royal proclamation to a settlement of land claims and treaty agreements today It is very crucial to recognize the role that is played by the royal proclamation in the modern world. Giardina. "Research ethics for protecting Indigenous knowledge and heritage: Institutional and researcher responsibilities.