President of the Canadian Republic

From Daily Escape

The President of the Canadian Republic (sometimes referred to as POTCR) is both the chief of state and head of government of Canada. The president is the head of the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The President has additional duties including signing legislation into law or vetoing bills passed through the Federal Parliament, make treaties and appoint federal officials, ambassadors, federal judges and Justices of the Supreme Court.

The President is elected directly by the general population to a four-year term. There are no limitations on consecutive terms. Canadians elect a president by using the plurality voting system.

In office the President resides at the Presidential & Executive Building Complex in Ottawa. The President is entitled to use its staff and facilities that include a medical clinic, recreation, house keeping and security services. One of two Bombardier Global 5000 private jets are available to provide long range transportation for the President for North American Travel for international usage the President uses a refitted Boeing C-3.

The current President is Anthony Wittrock whom was inaugurated on June 10, 2007. The current term expires on June 10, 2011.

Origin

The Articles of Independence (1866) peacefully declared Canada’s independence from Great Britain on October 22, 1866. The Constitutional Act (1867) passed unanimously in the Federal Parliament.

Great Britain sent a delegation led by Prime Minister Edward George Smith-Stanley visited Canadian officials in Montreal to sign the Treaty of Montreal (1867). President Andrew Johnson of the United States visited the newly independent nation on official business to establish the framework of the Treaty of Baltimore (1868) which would be signed in Baltimore, Maryland.