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Prime Minister of Canada
The
Prime Minister of Canada
is the primary
minister of the Crown
, chairman of the
Cabinet
, and thus
head of government
for
Canada
, charged with
advising
the
Canadian monarch
or
federal viceroy
on the exercise of the
executive powers
vested in them by
the constitution
. Not outlined in any constitutional document, the office exists only as per long-established convention (originating in Canada's former colonial power, the
United Kingdom
) that stipulates the monarch's representative, the
governor general
, must select as
prime minister
the person most likely to command the
confidence
of the elected
House of Commons
; this individual is typically the leader of the
political party
that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber. Canadian prime ministers are
styled
as
The Right Honourable
, a privilege maintained for life.
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