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PM doesn't "report to" the monarch

I've deleted the reference to the PM "reporting to" the monarch from the infobox. First, there is nothing in the article that supports that statement, backed up by a reliable source, and the infobox should not be stating something that is not in the article. Second, and more generally, "reports to" implies that the PM is subordinate to the monarch on the management of the government; he's not. The monarch does not take any role in the policy decisions of the government. I've also changed "Parliament" in that field to "House of Commons" - the PM and the government are accountable to the House of Commons, but not to the Senate. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 16:18, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox: Term length

Wouldn't that be at the governor general's pleasure? as the governor general appointed the prime minister? Just wondering. GoodDay (talk) 21:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No. The Governor General is the representative of the Crown, not the Crown itself. Mediatech492 (talk) 22:50, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed that "Governor General's Pleasure" is used in the infoboxes at Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Bahamas & other forms or no forms at all, at other non-UK Commonwealth realm prime ministers' infoboxes. So, kinda thought it somewhat out-of-sync, at this page. GoodDay (talk) 01:53, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can't assume that all Commonwealth countries are the same. In Australia, there is a dispute over exactly who is the head of state, the monarch or the GovGen, which could explain that usage in the wikipedia article: Australian head of state dispute. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:12, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's no dispute in Australia, as their head of state is the monarch. The latter page you mention, was basically created to promote the false dispute & should be deleted. GoodDay (talk) 03:16, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coat of Arms of Canada infobox

The Royal arms should be added to the info box, Firstly this was commonplace on this info box until recently, secondly the royal arms are widely used to symbolise the office of Prime Minister as they are the King of Canada first minister and chief advisor (on Canadian state affairs) see https://www.pm.gc.ca/en secondly on the page of the Canadian government website canada.ca referring to the use of the Royal arms and other symbols of state "Symbols such as the Coat of Arms of Canada, the “Canada” Wordmark, and the Government of Canada Signature are normally reserved for use by the Government of Canada" as the prime minister is the leader of the Government of Canada and head of the office of the Prime Minister which uses the royal arms as its department symbol see Office of the Prime Minister (Canada) and Coat of arms of Canada therefore it is improper to not have the royal arms on the prime ministers page. Knowledgework69 (talk) 15:11, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]