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The Executive In the provinces and Yukon, the premier
The Executive
is the head of the political party that
gains the most seats during an election
Branch
Branch (see pages 18–19). In Northwest Territories
and Nunavut, the premier is selected by
the other elected representatives. The
premier leads the executive branch in each
The executive branch oversees province and territory. He or she appoints
other high-ranking government workers to
the day-to-day business of the their roles, such as the cabinet. The cabinet
ost businesses have government and makes sure it is made up of elected representatives
Mexecutives who lead them to runs smoothly. In a provincial called ministers. Each minister is the head
success. Executives are people government, the executive is of a different department, such as
made up of the head of state, the
who have the power to put plans premier, and the cabinet, which is health or education.
and policies into effect. They are a group of ministers who oversee
responsible for managing the different departments. These people
Sandy Silver was
business and making important make important decisions about first elected to the Yukon Legislative
decisions, such as how to spend rules and laws that apply Assembly in 2011. He was appointed to the
the company’s money. In the to everyone in the province. role of premier five years later.
government, the executive branch
plays the same role. It proposes
new laws and makes plans for The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba heritage
how to spend tax money. meets in the chamber at the centre of the case Québec Separatism parts of a culture
Legislative Building in Winnipeg. It has a that are handed
unique horseshoe-shaped layout that can study Early settlers in the land now known as down over time,
seat up to 58 representatives. Canada came mainly from France and Great such as traditions
Britain. The two countries spent many years
a place where both British and French people live
settlers fighting for control of Canada. Today, Canada is
people who go alongside each other. Québec still has strong ties
to live in a to France and has its own laws based on its French separate
pushed for the province to separate from the rest of
new region heritage. Since the 1960s, some Québec leaders have to part from
something
Canada. They want it to become a sovereign nation.
sovereign How do you think this would affect people in Québec?
What impact would it have on the other provinces
having power or
and territories?
control over
oneself
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