Political Opinions of Canada
Canada has a lot of crime and political power and population. The government is
currently stronger than the U.S.'s. Canada currently has 58,400 police officers protecting the
provinces and has 20,700 people who do police services in Canada. Canadian laws guide public
and private affairs. Canada had its lowest crime rate in 25 years, in 2007 with 1,800 incidents for
every 100,000 people which would be even higher than New York(canada.gc). Canada uses a
constitutional Monarchy that uses the Queen, Elizabeth II, as the Head of state. Canada also has
a Parliamentary democracy, that includes a federal system and parliamentary government.
Stephen Harper is the leader of Canada's Conservative party and the leader of the Liberal party is
Stèphane Dion. Since September 27, 2005 Michaèlle Jean was the Governor General. Federal
Parliament is made up of the Queen, the senate and the Leaders of the Parties(Wikipedia).
“Government of Canada.” Canada. 10/15/08. <http://canada.gc.ca/home.html>.
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