英语国家概况(修订版)Chapter-15.pptx

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1、AGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountries英语国家概况CanadaGovernmentandSociety英语国家概况Chapter15GovernmentThelegislatureTheexecutivethejudiciaryPoliticalpartiesSocietyPopulationMulticulturalsocietyImmigrationintoCanadaEducationElementaryandsecondaryeducationHighereducationMajoruniversitiesEconomyOneoftheworld

2、’swealthiestnationsRenownedforthewealthofnaturalresourcesCONTENTafederationliketheU.S.aconstitutionalmonarchylikeBritainfederalsystemofparliamentstrongdemocratictraditionsOperateundertheWestminstersystemMajorfactsaboutGovernmentofCanadaTheWestminstersystemisademocraticparliamentarysystemofgove

3、rnmentmodeledafterthepoliticsoftheUnitedKingdom.ThistermcomesfromthePalaceofWestminster,theParliamentoftheUnitedKingdom.GovernmentQueenElizabethIIasovereignorheadofstatethenominalortheoreticalholderofexecutivepowerholdsnumerousreservedpowersdailyduties:performingtheroleofaceremonialfigureheadP

4、rimeMinister(PM)aheadofgovernmentaheadoftheexecutiveappointedbytheheadofstatesupportedbythemajorityofelectedMembersofParliamentamulti-partysystemKeyCharacteristicsGovernorGeneralthefederalviceregal(总督的)representativeoftheCanadianmonarch,QueenElizabethII.appointment:QueenElizabethII,ontheadvice

5、ofherCanadianprimeministeronly,appointsthegovernorgeneraltocarryoutmostofherconstitutionalandceremonialdutiesperformsthevariousceremonialdutieswithsymbolicpowerTermlength:5yearsResidence:RideauHall(丽都厅),OttawaGovernmentofCanadaSovereign(HerMajestyQueenElizabethII)GovernorGeneral(MichaelleJean)

6、ParliamentElectionStructureofthegovernmentofCanadaWhatisaparliament？---thelegislativebranchofGovernmentWhatdoesaparliamentconsistof?---theHouseofCommons(308members)---theSenate(105members)Whatarethefunctionsoftheparliament?(Page192-193,thetextbook)FrequentlyaskedquestionsaboutParliament----the

7、GovernorGeneral----thePrimeMinister----theCabinetTheexecutiveauthorityisactuallyimplementedbythePrimeMinisterandtheCabinet,togetherwithjuniorministers.theexecutivebranchTheSupremeCourtTheFederalCourtofAppealTheFederalCourtProvincialCour