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  2. Constitution of Alberta - Wikipedia

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    At the time that Alberta was created, the basics of its structure were set out in a statute passed by the federal parliament, the Alberta Act (1905). This is considered a constitutional document and is listed as such in the appendix to the Constitution Act, 1982. Nevertheless, Alberta has always had the power to change its own internal ...

  3. Monarchy in Alberta - Wikipedia

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    The role of the Crown is both legal and practical; it functions in Alberta in the same way it does in all of Canada's other provinces, being the centre of a constitutional construct in which the institutions of government acting under the sovereign's authority share the power of the whole. [6]

  4. Canadian sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    Canada is a constitutional monarchy. Though unitary, the Canadian Crown is also "divided" equally among the country's 11 jurisdictions : one federal (wherein the sovereign is represented by the governor general [ 3 ] ) and 10 provincial (the monarch being represented in each by a lieutenant governor [ 3 ] ).

  5. Politics of Alberta - Wikipedia

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    The politics of Alberta are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of the province is Edmonton , where the provincial Legislative Building is located.

  6. Constitution of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Constitutional entrenchment of an otherwise statutory English, British, or Canadian document because its (still in force) subject-matter provisions are explicitly assigned to one of the methods of the amending formula (per the Constitution Act, 1982)—e.g., provisions with regard to the monarchy in the English Bill of Rights 1689 [20] [21] or ...

  7. Politics of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada is a constitutional monarchy, wherein the role of the reigning sovereign is both legal and practical, but not political. [55] The monarch is vested with all powers of state [56] and sits at the centre of a construct in which the power of the whole is shared by multiple institutions of government acting under the sovereign's authority.

  8. Monarchy of Canada and the Indigenous peoples of Canada

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    The agreements are formed with the Crown, not the government, [6] because the monarchy is thought to have inherent stability and continuity, as opposed to the transitory nature of populist whims that rule the political government, [10] meaning the link between monarch and Indigenous peoples in Canada will theoretically last for "as long as the ...

  9. Government of Alberta - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Alberta (French: gouvernement de l'Alberta) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Alberta.In modern Canadian use, the term Government of Alberta refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council) who are appointed on the advice of the premier.