Something Americans aren't taught in Civics 101

[DonCoquixote]

4. all modern democracies have flaws

Parliament does have a check against Donald Trump, on the other hand, as Stephen Harper proved, it is possible for someone to get in with only 40% of the votes, but still do a lot of damage. Do keep in mind, even Canada's new boy wonder, Justin Trudeau, is very eager to build the Keystone pipeline, as well as do a lot of other oil projects that many of his voters do not like. You can argue that a noose kills in a different way than a guillotine; a dead body remains just the same.