| | Canada |
 | | The Governor General fills the role of providing Royal Assent to bills passed by the House of Commons and the Senate, reading the Speech from the Throne, signing state documents, formally opening and ending sessions of Parliament, and dissolving Parliament for an election. |
 | | Both the Queen and the Governor General are primarily figureheads, with little real power as the position almost always acts at the request of Canada's Head of Government, the Prime Minister, who is also the government party leader who controls such tools of governance as party discipline and patronage appointments. |
 | | Its Head of State and Sovereign is Queen Elizabeth II who is given the ceremonial title of "Queen of Canada." The Queen's representative in Canada is the Governor General who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Canada and ceremonially approved by the Queen. |
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