text: I like the word " badly ' because that is how we are doing compared to the US.
  
  Theirs is much better form of democracy than we have in Canada.
  They have a powerful , elected and representative Senate plus an elected Congress.
  
  We have neither and even worse we get stuck with Govts that exercise majority control with just 40 % of the votes.
  
  Americans also have unfettered freedom of speech, unlike here in Canada.
  
  American SC Judges are freely selected regardless of States.
  
  Here in Canada, we have 9 SC judges, at least 3 of which must come from Quebec.
  
  And, their executive Branch ( our cabinet )  are selected for  experience and skills, unlike here in canada where they are selected by the PM based on neither of these but merely allocated by sex race and color.
  
  
  And H, we depend on the US for the defence of our nation