Branches of government

• Head of State: King Charles III

  Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau

  Governor General: Mary May Simon
• Premier: Doug Ford

  Lieutenant Governor: Edith Dumont
• Parliament: legislative: law making body

  Government: executive: puts the laws in effect
• Legislative:

  • This branch makes laws
  • Parliament
  • Includes
  • The Senate 
  • The House of commons
  • Must get Governor General’s approval before making laws, however
• Executive:

  • This branch puts the laws into effect
  • Government
  • Includes
  • Monarch 
  • Prime Minister (head of government, cabinet leader, etc.)
  • Cabinet
• Judicial:

  • Interprets the laws passed by other two branches
  • “Has someone violated the law?”
  • Made up of a system of courts
  • Independant from legislative and executive branches
  • Includes 
  • Supreme court of Canada: final court of requests. Has final say on important cases
  • Federal court system: specializes in federal laws: property, taxes, etc.
  • Provincial courts: criminal offences
• Supreme Court of Canada

  • The highest court in Canada
  • Final say on important public and private cases
• Cabinet

  • MPs who tell Prime Minister how to govern Canada for their specific departments
  • Minister of Defense, Minister of Immigration, etc.