Essay was written on the question: Choose and defend one of the following forms of government as being superior: the liberal form of government of the American presidential system, or the responsible form of government of the Canadian parliamentary system. I believe that the Canadian system of responsible, parliamentary democracy is more effective than the American system of liberal, presidential democracy. The Canadian system is better suited to allow the people to express their wishes. …showed first 75 words of 1627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1627 total…system. <Tab/>The Canadian system is better suited to allow the people of to express their wishes. The American system suffers from too wide a distribution of power and its ability to legislate is impaired because of this. In Canada, responsible government allows the government to work quickly and ensures that it is according to the wishes of the people. The American system suffers from, as President Nixon called it, "gridlock."