With the Canada, the head of government of a province or a territory is called Prime Minister . There are currently 10 provincial Prime Ministers and 3 territorial Prime Ministers.
Name
In French, one calls Prime Minister the chief of the government, whether it is federal or provincial. However, in English, one calls Premier provincial the Prime Ministers, in order to avoid confusing the station with that of the first federal minister ( Prime Minister ). Previously, the two terms were equivalent (they are it besides always in other countries as in the United Kingdom, where the Prime Minister is sometimes called Premier ); one uses now the term first ministers to refer in a general way to all the Prime Ministers in Canada, all stages confused. The government of the Quebec always uses the term Prime Minister to appoint provincial the Prime Ministers in the official english language versions of its documents.
Role
In the ten provinces of Canada, the Prime Minister is usually the chief of the Political party holding the greatest seats number with the legislature, though historically there were exceptions to this rule; the most recent exception arrived after the Ontarian election of 1985. Officially, the Prime Minister is named by the lieutenant-governor who represents at the same time the crown and the federal government.
The Prime Ministers name the Council of Ministers and legislate with the legislature, at which they sit as deputies.
Provincial the Prime Ministers hold many being able within the Canadian federation, especially in regard to the federal government. They remain of many manners the most effective representatives of the provincial interests near the federal government, since the strong discipline partisane and other factors restrict the provincial representation with the Parlement of Canada. This reality is recognized at the time of the annual conferences of the Prime Ministers during which the first federal minister and the 10 provincial Prime Ministers meet to discuss the federal-provincial relations. The Agreement of the lake Meech proposed that these meetings become elected by the constitution, and certain provincial Prime Ministers even suggested that these meetings become an official branch of the government, active in the legislative process (see Conseil of the federation).
The three territories of Canada have also Prime Ministers, although they are technically called " chiefs of gouvernement". The Prime Minister for the territory of the Yukon is appointed in a usual way, but the Prime Ministers for the Nunavut and Territoires of the North-West are selected among elected territorial councils and not-partisans.
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