This template was radically altered between these two edits
It was not a restoration, it was a significant change. I believe that the template in its current form is very useful, however its previous form too was useful for different reasons. Might I suggest that we revert this to its original purpose (as it is already present in many an articles for which it is no longer relevant (i.e. Supreme Court of Canada) and create a new template to link all elections and parliaments? - Jord 04:43, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2005-12-02T04:43:00.000Z","author":"Jord","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jord-2005-12-02T04:43:00.000Z-Template:Politics_of_Canada","replies":["c-Maclean25-2005-12-02T05:53:00.000Z-Jord-2005-12-02T04:43:00.000Z","c-PullUpYourSocks-2005-12-19T16:01:00.000Z-Jord-2005-12-02T04:43:00.000Z"]}}-->
Please see the following proposal for two templates: Template:Politics of Canada/proposed split. I think this would be a good way to meet the needs without creating an large template that really over laps. Some pages would include both templates and I've formatted them in such a way that one could be used at the bottom of a page. Please let me know your comments. - Jord 18:46, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2005-12-19T18:46:00.000Z","author":"Jord","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jord-2005-12-19T18:46:00.000Z-Proposed_split","replies":[]}}-->
When this template was originally created, it was a small and concise navigational tool [3]. It has since evolved into something of a dog's breakfast and it is so complex and detailed that I question its usefulness. I would suggest we return to the simpler version, in its earliest days it looked like this:
Politics of Canada
Monarchy
Governor General
Prime Minister
Parliament
Senate
House of Commons
Supreme Court
Lower Courts of Appeal
Constitution
Provinces and territories
I think that the current version [4] has gone a long way in improving its aestic appearence and adding some useful information, but I would recommend something with the appearence of the new but the content not much more than the old.
I propose the following:
{| {{politbox|country=Canada|image=Canada_coa.png|size=125|title=Canada|}} |align=left| '''[[Executive (government)|Executive]]''' :[[Monarchy in Canada|The Crown]] ([[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]) :[[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] ([[Michaëlle Jean]]) :[[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] ([[Stephen Harper]]) :[[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] |- |align=left| '''[[Legislature|Legislative]]''' ([[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]]) :'''[[Canadian Senate|Senate]]''' :[[Speaker of the Canadian Senate|Speaker of the Senate]] :[[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada)|Government Leader in the Senate]] :[[Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Canada)|Opposition Leader in the Senate]] :'''[[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]''' :[[Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons|Speaker of the House]] :[[Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Canada)|Government House Leader]] :[[Leader of the Opposition (Canada)|Leader of the Opposition]] ::[[Opposition House Leader (Canada)|Opposition House Leader]] :'''[[Elections in Canada|Elections]]''' :[[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Parliamentary constituencies]] :[[Canadian electoral system|Electoral system]] :[[Canadian federal election, 2006|Last election]] |- |align=left| '''[[Judiciary|Judicial]]''' :[[Supreme Court of Canada|Supreme Court]] ::[[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] :[[List of Canadian courts of appeal|Lower Courts of Appeal]] :[[Constitution of Canada|Constitution]] ::[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] |- |align=left| '''[[Provinces and territories of Canada|Provinces and territories]]''' :Politics of: [[Politics of Alberta|AB]] | [[Politics of British Columbia|BC]] | [[Politics of Manitoba|MB]] | [[Politics of New Brunswick|NB]] | [[Politics of Newfoundland and Labrador|NL]] | [[Politics of the Northwest Territories|NT]]<br> [[Politics of Nova Scotia|NS]] | [[Politics of Nunavut|NU]] | [[Politics of Ontario|ON]] | [[Politics of Prince Edward Island|PE]] | [[Politics of Quebec|QC]] | [[Politics of Saskatchewan|SK]] | [[Politics of the Yukon|YT]] |- |align=left| '''[[List of regions of Canada|Regions]]'''<br> '''[[Political culture of Canada|Political culture]]'''<br> '''[[Foreign relations of Canada|Foreign relations]]''' {{politicsboxend|country=Canada|}} |}
Does this make sense? - Jord 13:42, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2006-06-27T13:42:00.000Z","author":"Jord","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jord-2006-06-27T13:42:00.000Z-This_template_is_out_of_control","replies":["c-Usgnus-2006-06-27T13:54:00.000Z-Jord-2006-06-27T13:42:00.000Z","c-Circeus-2006-06-27T15:42:00.000Z-Jord-2006-06-27T13:42:00.000Z","c-Electionworld-2006-06-27T20:47:00.000Z-Jord-2006-06-27T13:42:00.000Z","c-Durin-2006-07-21T16:59:00.000Z-Jord-2006-06-27T13:42:00.000Z","c-Arctic.gnome-2006-07-21T19:20:00.000Z-Jord-2006-06-27T13:42:00.000Z"]}}-->
{{politbox|country=Canada|image=Canada_coa.png|size=125|title=Canada|}} |align=left| *[[Constitution of Canada|Constitution]] **[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] *[[Monarchy in Canada|The Crown]] ([[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]) *[[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] ([[Michaëlle Jean]]) *[[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] **[[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] ([[Stephen Harper]]) *[[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]]) **[[Canadian Senate|Senate]] **[[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]''' *[[Elections in Canada|Elections]] **[[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|Parliamentary constituencies]] **[[Canadian electoral system|Electoral system]] **[[Canadian federal election, 2006|Last election]] *[[List of political parties in Canada|Political parties]] *[[Supreme Court of Canada|Supreme Court]] **[[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] **[[List of Canadian courts of appeal|Lower Courts of Appeal]] *[[Provinces and territories of Canada|Provinces and territories]]''' *[[List of regions of Canada|Regions]] *[[Political culture of Canada|Political culture]] *[[Foreign relations of Canada|Foreign relations]] {{politicsboxend|country=Canada|}}
Use of the official government wordmark is a bad, bad, idea. It implies government sponsorship or approval of the contents of the site. Websites have been sued for using it. I'm going to take it off. Kevlar67 09:35, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-05-09T09:35:00.000Z","author":"Kevlar67","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Kevlar67-2007-05-09T09:35:00.000Z-Wordmark","replies":[]}}-->
I have replaced the coat of arms image with the flag of Canada. First, Image:Bigcancoat.png is tagged (appropriately) as a copyrighted image used under terms of fair use on Wikipedia. Per terms of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria item #9, the use of such images on templates is not permitted. Second, the image Image:Canada coa.png was uploaded to Commons from vector-images.com. Significant discussion regarding images from this site has concluded that the permissions granted from vector-images.com are not compatible with Commons permissions. As such, a moratorium on uploads of images from that site is shortly to be put in place and it is likely that images tagged with being 'free' because they are from vector-images.com will likely be deleted. Third, the flag of Canada is sufficient to readily identify the template as being of Canada, in fact more so than the coat of arms as few people would readily recognize it, and many would readily recognize the flag. --Durin 12:38, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-05-10T12:38:00.000Z","author":"Durin","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Durin-2007-05-10T12:38:00.000Z-Coat_of_Arms_usage","replies":["c-Paul63243-2015-01-12T14:01:00.000Z-Durin-2007-05-10T12:38:00.000Z"]}}-->
I've split the provincial links out to a separate template that's linked from this one (and vice-versa), with the idea that this template will reside in fed. related articles, and the other in prov. related articles, but the link connecting the two will allow users to navigate with relative ease. --G2bambino 15:20, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-09-08T15:20:00.000Z","author":"G2bambino","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-G2bambino-2007-09-08T15:20:00.000Z-Split","replies":[]}}-->
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Why does someone keep undoing my edits? The Government of Canada logo seems like it belongs at the top. Also, I'm really not a fan of the current image: it's poorly created and the text is aliased. -- TIM KLOSKE|TALK 01:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-05-19T01:57:00.000Z","author":"Tkgd2007","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Tkgd2007-2008-05-19T01:57:00.000Z-Image_replacement","replies":["c-G2bambino-2008-05-19T20:35:00.000Z-Tkgd2007-2008-05-19T01:57:00.000Z"],"displayName":"TIM KLOSKE"}}-->
On Queen's Privy Council for Canada there's an obvious gap above the lead section, but not above this template. I tried to remove it by removing the space in the article itself, but even with the text butted up against the "}}" with no space between them, the gap is still there. So it must be caused by this template.
Usually this sort of gap is caused by the template's author carelessly leaving a newline or two between the closing "|}" of the table and the following <noinclude> tag, which, combined with a newline after the "}}" in the article, is interpreted as a paragraph break. But there is no such newline in this template. I'm baffled as to how this extra space is creeping in. Hairy Dude (talk) 01:20, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-04-25T01:20:00.000Z","author":"Hairy Dude","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Hairy_Dude-2009-04-25T01:20:00.000Z-Spacing","replies":[]}}-->
I've restored the shield image as the deletion nomination tag for that file has been there for months and the discussion about it has been stale since July. (Plus, as I noted in my edit summary, the crest of the Royal Arms is a bit misleading in this context, having come to specifically represent the Governor General alone.) I left a note at the Commons talk page for the shield image in the hopes that someone there will wrap the matter up once and for all, with what happens here pending. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 04:28, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-09-22T04:28:00.000Z","author":"Miesianiacal","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Miesianiacal-2009-09-22T04:28:00.000Z-Shield_image","replies":[]}}-->
A user has recently expressed concern with the use of the shield of the Royal Arms in this navbox template. The resoning given is that "The shield alone is never used that way, it's not appropriate". I'm personally unconvinced by that argument. The shield is that of the arms of the Queen in Right of Canada, who is - in council, in parliament, and on the bench - the government (as outlined in the Constitution Act 1867); the shield therefore forms a part of various symbols of government institutions, such as the Senate and House of Commons. And this navbox doesn't purport to give information on the proper use of heraldic elements, anyway. Further, the shield is used alone, in banner form, as the Queen's royal standard.
Still, other images might also be usable - the Queen's royal standard, perhaps? Or something unofficial, like this image? However, I don't agree with the use of the national flag, which is a symbol of the nation, apart from government, and thus has little relation to this navbox. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 22:58, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2011-05-23T22:58:00.000Z","author":"Miesianiacal","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Miesianiacal-2011-05-23T22:58:00.000Z-Shield_image","replies":["c-Roux-2011-05-23T23:04:00.000Z-Miesianiacal-2011-05-23T22:58:00.000Z","c-Walter_G\u00f6rlitz-2011-05-24T00:12:00.000Z-Miesianiacal-2011-05-23T22:58:00.000Z"]}}-->
Other stuff exists is not a particularly compelling argument; you know this. The shield of the arms is never used as a government symbol, full stop. Using it in that way is purely POV and suggests to readers that it is a symbol of the government when it is emphatically not, at least not without its compartment, annulus, supporters, and crest. As I said above, the use of the flag as a symbol by the government is not mutually exclusive with the use of the flag to represent the nation, nor the use of it in a private or business capacity. In any case, I'll be changing the template back now as there seems to be no point in further discussion. → ROUX ₪ 04:17, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2011-05-26T04:17:00.000Z","author":"Roux","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Roux-2011-05-26T04:17:00.000Z-Shield_image","replies":["c-Miesianiacal-2011-05-26T04:32:00.000Z-Roux-2011-05-26T04:17:00.000Z"]}}-->
Uninvolved and apparently uninformed editor here. Why can't we use the Royal COA of Canada? According to its article, it is "the official coat of arms of the Canadian monarch, and thus also of Canada". DigitalC (talk) 21:31, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2011-05-28T21:31:00.000Z","author":"DigitalC","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-DigitalC-2011-05-28T21:31:00.000Z-Shield_image","replies":["c-Miesianiacal-2011-05-29T03:45:00.000Z-DigitalC-2011-05-28T21:31:00.000Z"]}}-->
I was under the impression that consensus above indicated we would use the flag image.
Why is Miesianiacal acting against that consensus?
Why is he saying Fry should have discussed the removal here? WP:BRD, Mies; you were bold, Fry reverted, then you discuss. Don't continue reverting.
In any case, consensus above is clear, the flag is an excellent identifier of Canadian articles. → ROUX ₪ 23:02, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2011-06-29T23:02:00.000Z","author":"Roux","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Roux-2011-06-29T23:02:00.000Z-Image._Again.","replies":["c-Miesianiacal-2011-06-30T14:35:00.000Z-Roux-2011-06-29T23:02:00.000Z","c-Miesianiacal-2011-06-30T15:02:00.000Z-Roux-2011-06-29T23:02:00.000Z"]}}-->
Since you didn't read it the first time, let's try again:
Perhaps now you will read it. → ROUX ₪ 16:37, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2011-06-30T16:37:00.000Z","author":"Roux","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Roux-2011-06-30T16:37:00.000Z-Image._Again.","replies":["c-Miesianiacal-2011-06-30T16:43:00.000Z-Roux-2011-06-30T16:37:00.000Z","c-PKT-2011-06-30T17:09:00.000Z-Roux-2011-06-30T16:37:00.000Z","c-DigitalC-2011-06-30T17:32:00.000Z-Roux-2011-06-30T16:37:00.000Z"]}}-->
The flag is much better than the wordmark. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 05:52, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2011-07-01T05:52:00.000Z","author":"65.94.47.63","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-65.94.47.63-2011-07-01T05:52:00.000Z-Image._Again.","replies":["c-Miesianiacal-2011-07-04T00:24:00.000Z-65.94.47.63-2011-07-01T05:52:00.000Z"]}}-->
My first question, upon hearing about this discussion, was about the copyright status of the wordmark. I would be extremely surprised if, as a government trademark, it didn't actually fall under Crown copyright — but that would require some clarification, since the existing file claims (but doesn't actually prove) public domain. At any rate, I have to agree with the existing consensus: the wordmark is a symbol of the federal government, but this is not a federal government template per se — it's a template that covers federal and provincial and municipal politics, and therefore the graphic needs to be broadly inclusive of a lot of things that aren't appropriately covered by the wordmark. So flag it is. Bearcat (talk) 17:20, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2011-07-13T17:20:00.000Z","author":"Bearcat","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Bearcat-2011-07-13T17:20:00.000Z-Image._Again.","replies":["c-Fry1989-2011-07-13T20:36:00.000Z-Bearcat-2011-07-13T17:20:00.000Z"]}}-->
Does the template really need to be so wide? Compared to other "Politics of..." templates (such as "Template:Politics of France" or "Template:Politics of Germany") the Canadian politics template is very wide. You can even compare this template to other Canadian topics' templates, for example, "Template: Culture of Canada sidebar" and you will see that this size is not standard. This template actually crowds any Canadian politics-related articles because it so large - especially for users with small screen resolutions.
Having edited the template to make it smaller it's clear that the text would still fit comfortably in a template that was around 250px wide. This would also allow the flag image to be made smaller because it is in my opinion ridiculously large, and this is part of the reason many users seem to be rejecting using a flag.
Thanks Peter (talk) 14:46, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2011-08-02T14:46:00.000Z","author":"000peter","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-000peter-2011-08-02T14:46:00.000Z-Width_of_the_template","replies":[],"displayName":"Peter"}}-->
It's not appropriate to use the Government of Canada wordmark here. The wordmark identifies communications to the Canadian people from the federal Government of Canada--that's what Canadians identify the wordmark with. Not the Provinces, not the Parliament, not the Provincial Legislatures or the Crown in Right of the Provinces, not the Liberals and the NDP or even the currently-ruling Tories--but the federal government solely.
Using the Government of Canada wordmark here implies and suggests that the only participant in the politics and government of Canada is the Government of Canada. This is very misleading, as it suggests that any player in Canadan politics that is not the Government of Canada is not relevant--which is outrageously untrue. To the extent that there are Wikipedians who find the Royal Arms of Canada--which appears on the cover of Canadian passports identifying individual citizens of Canada, so I cannot fathom why anyone would find it distasteful for this series of articles, I suggest using the regular Arms of Canada without the St. Edward's Crown and without the other elements of the Royal Arms of Canada-even though that is the most widespread and authoritative heraldic symbol of the Canadian state. It's esoteric enough to put the point across as to the authoritativeness of this series of articles, yet has validity to identify the heraldry of the Crown--which is the Canadian state and which, in the final analysis, derives its authority from the Canadian people. Not that the Royal Arms doesn't symbolize that too, but there seems to be some sort of ridiculous and ultimately-inapplicable issue with the status quo and a recognition that the Constitutional order and rule of law prevail in Canadian politics. Paul63243 (talk) 17:15, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2015-01-20T17:15:00.000Z","author":"Paul63243","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Paul63243-2015-01-20T17:15:00.000Z-Appropriateness_of_the_Government_of_Canada_wordmark","replies":["c-Miesianiacal-2015-01-20T19:42:00.000Z-Paul63243-2015-01-20T17:15:00.000Z"]}}-->
I believe, the flag of Canada is more representative than the St Edward's Crown. The crown symbolizes the monarchy in total (Head of the Commonwealth). --IM-yb (talk) 13:20, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2015-02-02T13:20:00.000Z","author":"IM-yb","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-IM-yb-2015-02-02T13:20:00.000Z-Appropriateness_of_the_Government_of_Canada_wordmark","replies":["c-Miesianiacal-2015-02-08T21:48:00.000Z-IM-yb-2015-02-02T13:20:00.000Z","c-Trackratte-2015-02-09T04:25:00.000Z-IM-yb-2015-02-02T13:20:00.000Z"]}}-->
Re: The Crown of St. Edward appears at the top of the navbar. Some argue this is correct because (basically) the government of Canada still technically exists at the discretion of the monarch of the UK. Others argue for use of the Canadian flag instead, since it is obviously more easily recognizable as "Canadian" than the Crown.
I don't know why we can't use the Coat of Arms of Canada or the Canadian flag instead.
I see Politics of Australia uses their Coat of Arms instead of the Crown of St. Edward.
We could have both (combined into a single graphic file for ease of use): Crown or Coat of Arms first, then Canadian flag either below or to the right of the Crown. Below would be more legally/historically/technically correct, but to the right would be more realistic of the current de facto near total independence of Canada from the Crown and thus elevation of the country symbol to as high as the Crown, but still deferring to the historical precedence and legal position of the Crown in Canada. Facts707 (talk) 10:47, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2015-06-18T10:47:00.000Z","author":"Facts707","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Facts707-2015-06-18T10:47:00.000Z-Crown_image_vs._Coat_of_Arms_and\/or_Canadian_Flag_(revisited)","replies":["c-Facts707-2015-06-18T11:15:00.000Z-Facts707-2015-06-18T10:47:00.000Z","c-Trackratte-2015-06-18T23:57:00.000Z-Facts707-2015-06-18T10:47:00.000Z"]}}-->
@Trackratte: @Stefan2: @Facts707: @Miesianiacal: @Superbenjamin:
Might I make a compromise suggestion for the image in the infobox? Normally we would use a country's coat of arms, but for technical reasons we can't. The crown, while acceptable, is not distinctly Canadian by itself. The flag also is not preferable. How about we use File:Royal Shield of arms of Canada.svg? Fry1989 eh? 17:57, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2015-07-04T17:57:00.000Z","author":"Fry1989","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Fry1989-2015-07-04T17:57:00.000Z-Image","replies":["c-Miesianiacal-2015-07-04T18:00:00.000Z-Fry1989-2015-07-04T17:57:00.000Z"]}}-->
Given trackratte's approval for the lieutenant governors' emblem on the loyal address and no expressed objections to same, I've altered the image to File:Can-Crown.png. It uses the wreath of maple leaves from Prince Charles' Canadian banner rather than the one in the loyal address, since the latter contains 10 leaves, one for each province, and we don't want the image to be exclusive of the federal jurisdiction. I'm not sure how the Canadian Heraldic Authority settled on 24 leaves for the wreath on Charles' flag, but, it is also on Anne's, Andrew's, and Edward's flags. (Curiously, Prince William's flag has exactly half the number of leaves...)
If anyone doesn't approve, feel free to revert back to the previous St. Edward's Crown image. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 16:02, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2015-10-20T16:02:00.000Z","author":"Miesianiacal","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Miesianiacal-2015-10-20T16:02:00.000Z-Image","replies":["c-Fry1989-2015-10-20T18:05:00.000Z-Miesianiacal-2015-10-20T16:02:00.000Z"]}}-->
The template uses the term "King-in-Parliament" to describe the legislative branch of government, which is not correct. The legislative branch is the Parliament of Canada, consisting of the King, the Senate, and the House of Commons. "King-in-Parliament" describes the role of the Crown in the legislative branch, but is not the legislative branch itself.
The term "King on the Bench" is a relatively obscure way of describing the judicial branch of government. I'm not sure why it is given such prominence in this template.--Trystan (talk) 04:32, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240118043200","author":"Trystan","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Trystan-20240118043200-King-in-Parliament_and_King-on-the-Bench","replies":["c-Trystan-20240122150400-Trystan-20240118043200","c-Trackratte-20240321012800-Trystan-20240118043200"]}}-->
The federal legislative branch of Canada’s government makes the laws of the country. This branch is formally known as the Parliament of Canada and includes the monarch, the House of Commons, and the Senate.
In our system of government, Parliament is both the legislative branch and the pre-eminent institution of democratic accountability.
Parliament is the legislative branch of the federal government. Parliament consists of the Queen (who is usually represented by the Governor General), the Senate and the House of Commons.
Created by the Constitution Act, 1867, Parliament is the legislative branch of government.
IV. Legislative Power - Constitution of Parliament of Canada - 17 There shall be One Parliament for Canada, consisting of the Queen, an Upper House styled the Senate, and the House of Commons.
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