Why Does The Canadian Prime Minister Not Act Like A Dictator Despite Their Immense Power?

Write a Research Paper on the topic "Given the immense power of the Canadian Prime Minister, why do they not act like 5 year dictators?

In order to understand the facts associated with the Canadian prime minister and why they do not act as the five years dictator, it is evident to understand the desired concept and the meaning of dictator. A dictator is effectively defined s the political leader who retains absolute power (Hayao 2014).  The understanding of the concepts of the dictator will help in evaluating the role played by the prime ministers. Below mentioned is the thesis statement which will help in facilitating the immense utilization of power by the prime ministers but not acting as the five-year dictator. Several arguments and evidence are also provided in order to clarify the thesis statement made. It is a matter of fact that in present times, the meaning of a dictator reveals the desired personality of a person who resides huge power over the laws governed by the whole country.   It can also be referred as to be the personal power and Canada is not a democratic country, therefore there are strong chances to have the use of dictatorship guidelines for ruling over the entire country.

Though having immense power, the Canadian prime minister does not act like a five-year dictator.

The prime minister of Canada is considered to be the single most powerful person in the entire country (Chapnick 2014). In the modern age, the word dictator is mainly used in order to signify the leader who merely holds or abuses immense amount of the personal power in front of the common people. The position of the prime minister is mainly responsible for the exercising of the near-dictatorial powers over the concerned government, finance, law military and the economy having a combination of more than 40 years of power centralization (Bramstedt 2013).  Moreover, the loopholes within the different acts constitute the Constitution of Canada as well as the passive electorates who merely lose the faith in the democratic institutions.  The prime minister position is considered as the most important position in the Constitution of Canada. Technically the head of Government in Canada is the Prime Minister and the head of states are the British Monarch (Jarausch 2016). But in the recent times, the prime minister has power to make law, enforce that law, a creation of a national budget, declaring wars, appointing a judge, senator, etc. In all, it can be said that Canadian prime minister has 3100 different types of job which is a great responsibility for the Canadian Prime Minister.

Main context

Canada is not a democratic country due to the power of Queen, Governor General as well as the Prime Minister of Canada. This country is leading a dictatorship but only with the name of it. Though Prime Minister have immense power as per the law of Canadian government then also in every five years they are dethroned by the election process (Carter 2015). Though the Prime Minister of Canada has an immense power they believe to serve people with the help of Queen and Governor General (Ticchi 2013).  The government of Canada has a front bench of ministers who provide help to the prime minister. Prime Minister has immense power but the country is still known for Queen and it is named as her majesty so it can be said that with dignity and responsibility the PM does not use their immense power in the country (Dowding 2013). However, some of the leaders came who actually turned their five years tenure into a dictatorship. It is known that in Canada their strength is their diversity nature. There are various types of people and from diverse religion in the country which is another reason for the PM not to use his immense power. Though prime minister is considered as the powerful figure of Canada then also they are answerable to the Parliament of the country. Canadian Parliament roles and responsibility are to control bills budget, laws as well as the activity of Prime Minister. In the year 1960 at the time when Pierre Trudeau became prime minister uses their immense power to control all the law and the Parliament of Canada (Monroe 2015). They have faced such a brutal time in Canada that in the present time they are not likely to have that type of dictatorship (Strangio 2013). Canada is the country of a dictator but the main reason for not using this in parliament is due to the dictatorship faced by Canada at the time of World War and after that also. In the recent time, they have to provide an answer for their every work to the parliament which is another main reason for not using the dictator power.

Being the most powerful person in the country they are able to do anything like they have the power to diminish Queen also and make new laws for the country which will be beneficial for them and so on. But the leaders of Canada did not prefer to misuse their power as they are answerable to the Parliament and also they clearly understood the responsibilities that this position gave it to them. From the most of the Canadian prime minister, it can be seen that they all worked for the country for the benefit of Canada rather than thinking about their personal benefit. For example; Justin Trudeau in a meeting said that he feels sorry and have sympathy for the refugee of Syria and to help them he is willing to accept all the 25000 refugees of Syria (LeDuc 2014). He did many works which clearly describes that he does not act like the dictator though he has immense power to him. Others leaders of Canada including Harper did not use the dictatorship in a country as they all were working for the country and this is the reason that Canada is economically strong country. It can be clearly seen from the political life of Trudeau that he really thinks for the benefit of the economic condition of Canada and for that he is willing to work harder for his country (Skard 2015). This all proves that he is not a dictator neither act like the dictator as they want to help their country and people to uplift their economic condition.

Arguments

Justin Trudeau the recent Prime Minister of Canada is known for his compassionate attitude on the crisis of refugee and he agreed to accept almost 25000 refugees of Syria (Klinck 2017). This is the biggest attitude or the evidence for Justin Trudeau for not being a dictator. Justin is the son of the famous dictator of Canada Trudeau and for that people, especially the conspirators and the opposition party consider him as the second dictator but he shows much work and activity which proves that he is not a dictator for Canada. As the tenure of Canada is for five years and after that the prime minister change and again elected by the voters (Kershaw 2015). He formed a gender balanced cabinet in Canada in the year 2015 which also proves that he does not act like a dictator (Gardbaum 2014). He is all set up to change the climate problem of Canada and he speaks at the UN climate summit to solve their problem. He is fighting for the justice of indigenous women those who were disappeared. All this provide information that the recent president of Canada does not act like the dictators. In this paper, it is clear that a dictator in the present time is one who thinks about their own benefit and makes law for their own. The other Prime Minister of Canada like Stephen Harper, Paul Martin, Jean Chretien, and Kim Campbell and so on all worked for the benefits of Canadian people along with the diverse people of Canada. Kim Campbell is the first women prime minister and also the first women government body who actually introduced the International Baccalaureates program in the schools (Malcolmson 2016). Harper after being the prime minister of Canada focuses on the decrease of taxes and also enlarging their army and military forces which are the reason for the country to fight with their financial crisis (Cooper 2014). All the leaders of Canada actually worked only for their country as they are the only person who is eligible for the benefit of the country.

Prime Minister of Canada did not use their immense power for their own use or for the negative use of the law. The recent Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau is one of the best prime ministers that Canada can have. But due to some of the reason he is still considered as the dictator for Canada which is not correct. He is the only one who is willing to accept 25000 refugees of Syria and also he had meetings with Obama to enhance future leaders for their countries. This is the main reason which proves that this prime minister of Canada is not a dictator. It is clearly stated in this paper that a dictator is a person who uses their power to implement a law which suits them and also they work for their own goods. All this cannot be seen in the recent Prime Minister and also not in the previous prime minister of Canada. In the recent time, it has been seen that the prime minister wants to work for their country and not for them. In Canadian constitution, a prime minister has to do almost 3100 different types of job and they have to follow all the responsibilities, therefore it can be stated that a person when becoming a prime minister they want to uplift the economy as well as the condition of the country. The Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is consulting for their climate problem with the UN climate conference so that people are able to live freely in Canada. From the work done by Justin Trudeau, it is clear that he really works for his people for his country and this is the main reason that can be stated clearly which implies that the prime minister of Canada does not act like the dictators. All the evidence in the paper shows that the political leaders of Canada did never use their immense power for the bad purpose or for the benefit of their own. It can be understood from the present prime minister of Canada that everyone work for the benefit of Canada, they all tried to uplift the country so that people are able to get more benefit from the country. The evidence of some of the leader's activity clearly proves their way of thinking and their attitude towards the dictatorship of the country. They all never supported the dictatorship and for that, they have never seen to use those powers for their personal use in the country

Evidence

Conclusion

The paper effectively brings out the facts on the utilization of the immense power from the Canadian prime minister but not acting as the five-year dictator. There are several facts associated with the research paper that helps in evaluating the importance and reality of the thesis statement mentioned in the introduction section.  It is an argument that though prime minister is considered as the powerful figure of Canada then also they are answerable to the Parliament of the country. Parliament looks after the activity of prime minister and for this; they are answerable to the Parliament. The evidence is many on the fact that Justin Trudeau agreed to accept almost 25000 refugees of Syria, other evidence like Kim Campbell introduces Baccalaureates program in the schools which are the clear evidence of the prime minister for not acting like the five-year dictators.  It can be concluded that this leader of Canada worked for their country and for their people and not for their own so they did not act like five-year dictators.

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