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    Topic: Is the Prime Minister Too Powerful? In this essay‚ I will demonstrate that the Prime Minister is powerful and can cause many potential dangers by analyzing different elements inside and outside of our government over the period of different Prime Ministers throughout the Canadian political history. In theory‚ the Parliament is the most important institution in the Canadian government and all members of the parliament are equal. The Prime Minister is supposed to be primus inter pares‚ meaning

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    of whether the judicial branch of the government proposed in the Constitution is given too much power is not very simple to answer. The antifederalist believed strongly that the the federal judiciary would become too powerful and that the judges would abuse their positions. The federalist argued that the system would work fine and that the balances would prevent the judiciary branch from gaining too much power over the other two. The antifederalists thought that the proposed federal judiciary would

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    topic of the Prime Minister and whether or not they hold too much power within their role. With past allegations of corruption‚ many are blinded by the true powers and limitations of what properly defines the role of our Prime Minister. Thesis: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the roles and responsibilities of the Prime Minister of Canada and evaluate his or her powers to identify whether or not these powers are limited in any way to fulfill the proper role of Prime Minister. The paper will

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    Does the Canadian Prime Minister have too much power and what can be done about it? For: Dr. D. Brown Political Science 221 11/18/2013 By: Luke Baxter | ID: 201005340 Second to the Governor General of Canada‚ the position of the Canadian Prime Minister is the single highest power a public servant can obtain. The residual power that the Governor General holds under the monarchy of Britain gives the Governor General the ultimate and final say

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    The Prime Minister‚ Shri Narendra Modi‚ today exhorted people to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi`s vision of Clean India. Launching the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan at Rajpath in New Delhi‚ the Prime Minister paid homage to two great sons of Mother India‚ Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri‚ on their birth anniversary. He recalled how the nation`s farmers had responded to Shri Shastri`s call of “Jai Jawan‚ Jai Kisan‚” and made India self-sufficient in food security. He said that out of

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    limitations on the powers of the prime minister. There are limitations to the prime ministers powers‚ despite the prime minister role being the highest in UK politics. The prime minister still maintains many powers but one main limitation that there is‚ is the prime ministers’ party. Ministerial appointments require some recognition of the need for political balance and administrative competence. There is pressure from colleagues or the media to appoint certain people- all Prime Ministers at least listen

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    Narrow construction is not found in the Constitution‚ but the powers granted to Congress to regulate commerce are found. Exactly stated‚ "Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations‚ and among the several States‚ and with the Indian tribes." This clause has no definite interpretation‚ but has included many aspects of regulating. The word "commerce" is defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place

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    Ali Akhdar Ms. Besl 10 Lit & Comp 1 March 2016 Power Or No Power Is power the most important thing in the government or not. Having a powerful government is like having a government that can not be defeatable by any other country and all countries are afraid of. In order to have a powerful country you should have a powerful leader that doesn’t fear and can face any problem . Having a powerful country is like an iron man . For example hitler

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    Prime Minister and Council of Ministers - India Serial Number 1 Portfolio Prime Minister and also In-Charge of the Ministries/Departments viz: Ministry of Personnel‚ Public Grievances and Pensions Ministry of Planning Ministry of Water Resources Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space Name of Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Minister of Finance Shri Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Shri Sharad

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    Powers of the Office of the Prime Minister in Canada Pratishtha Widhani 1002057793 2nd August‚ 2016 POL111 Powers of the Office of the Prime Minister in Canada The Canadian Prime Minister is the head of the Government and has significant powers in deciding how the nation is supposed to work in their stipulated time frame. While he/she is not the head of the state‚ he/she leads the Canadian Armed Forces and appoints the cabinet ministers‚ Supreme Court judges‚ senators‚ ambassadors‚ and heads

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