Question

In the last paragraph, you need to compare your country’s government with what you know about the US government.

Write your final paragraph in this space

Answer 1

Which country should I compare to the United States? If you want an immediate example, here is a final paragraph comparing Canada’s government with the U.S. government:

Compared with the United States, Canada’s government is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy rather than a presidential republic: the Prime Minister is the head of government and is drawn from and accountable to Parliament, so executive and legislative powers are more fused, while in the U.S. the President is separately elected and the Constitution sets up a stronger formal separation of powers with clearer checks and balances. Both countries have bicameral legislatures and independent supreme courts, but Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982) differs in origin and interpretation from the U.S. Bill of Rights. Elections at the federal level in both countries use first-past-the-post, yet party discipline tends to be tighter in Canada, giving the governing party greater control over legislation. Finally, both systems devolve significant authority to provinces or states, but the division of powers and political traditions shaping federal–local relations differ in important ways.