Government

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Canada has a parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. The parliament consists of the Crown, a House of Commons elected by the people and an appointed Senate. Each member of parliament in the House of Commons is elected by simple majority in an electoral district or its equivalent. The Prime Minister is convened for a general election, which must be more than five years after the previous election, or can be triggered by the government to ask the censure motion in parliament.

Members of the Senate, whose seats are apportioned according to each region are chosen by the Prime Minister and formally appointed by the Governor General and may be in office until the age of 75 years. In the 2008 elections, four parties had representatives elected to federal parliament, the Conservative Party of Canada (governing party), Liberal Party of Canada (Official Opposition), the New Democratic Party (NDP) and Bloc Québécois.