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{{Canadian politics}}
The '''Canadian Government''', formally '''Her Majesty's Government in Canada''', is the [[federal government]] of [[Canada]].  Powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada.

== Usage ==
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When there are enough seats for another party to form a government after the resignation of a prime minister, the governor general may ask the other party to try to form the government. This became clear after the [[King-Byng Affair]] in 1926. In practice, it is unlikely that a new alliance could be formed that would have the confidence of Parliament.


==Legislative power==
[[Parliament of Canada|Canada's Parliament]] consists of the Monarch and a [[bicameral]] [[legislature]]: an elected [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]] and an appointed [[Canadian Senate|Senate]]. In practice, legislative power rests with the party that has the majority of seats in the House of Commons, which is elected from 308 constituencies (also called ridings or [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral districts]]) for a period not to exceed five years. Canada's highly disciplined political parties and [[First Past the Post electoral system|first-past-the-post electoral system]] have, since the 1970s, usually given one political party control of the Commons. The five-year period has only been extended once, in 1916.  The prime minister may ask the governor general to dissolve Parliament and call new elections at virtually any time. That request was refused only once, during the minority government of 1926. By custom, prime ministers usually call new elections after four years in power. 

The Senate is not without power. Because the governing party generally nominates its supporters as senators, the Senate's influence is usually the greatest when a new party comes to power after another party has been in power a long time. The Constitution contains a special provision that allows the prime minister to counteract that situation by recommending the appointment of an additional eight senators. 

==Judiciary==
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[[Criminal law]], most of which is contained in the federal [[Criminal Code of Canada|Criminal Code]] (R.S.C. 1985, Chapter C-46), is uniform throughout the nation and is under [[federal jurisdiction]]. [[Civil law]] is based on the [[common law]] of [[England]], except in [[Quebec]], to which Britain granted the right in 1774 to retain the French [[civil code]].  While legislation regarding non-criminal matters is generally different from province to province(contracted; show full)
* [http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/fip-pcim/index_e.asp  Federal Identity Program] from [[Treasury Board|Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat]] 
[[Category:Politics of Canada]]
* [http://publiservice.gc.ca/directories/genenq/enquiries_e.html General Enquiries - Federal Government Organizations] 
* [http://publiservice.gc.ca/directories/pgtd/pgtd_e.html Provincial Government Telephone Directories]

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