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Canadian Goverment

The Canadian Government is a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, which means the country recognizes a monarch as the official head of state, but the monarch's powers are limited by the constitution. Governed under the auspices of the Constitution Act of 1867 and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, power is divided among three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The legislative branch, the Parliament of Canada, consists of two houses: the House of Commons and the Senate. The executive branch is the Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister, who exercises executive powers and manages government operations. The judicial branch, comprising the Supreme Court of Canada, interprets the laws. This structure ensures a system of checks and balances among the branches.