<P> It is the governor general who is required by the Constitution Act , 1867 , to appoint for life persons to the Queen 's Privy Council for Canada , who are all theoretically tasked with tendering to the monarch and viceroy guidance on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative . Convention dictates , though , that the governor general must draw from the privy council an individual to act as prime minister -- in almost all cases the Member of Parliament who commands the confidence of the House of Commons . The prime minister then directs the governor general to appoint other members of parliament to a committee of the privy council known as the Cabinet , and it is in practice only from this group of ministers of the Crown that the Queen and governor general will take direction on the use of executive power ; an arrangement called the Queen - in - Council or , more specifically , the Governor - in - Council . In this capacity , the governor general will issue royal proclamations and sign orders in council . The Governor - in - Council is also specifically tasked by the Constitution Act , 1867 , to appoint in the Queen 's name the lieutenant governors of the provinces ( with the Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments and the premiers of the provinces concerned playing an advisory role ) , senators , the Speaker of the Senate , supreme court justices , and superior and county court judges in each province , except those of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick . The advice given by the Cabinet is , in order to ensure the stability of government , by political convention typically binding ; both the Queen and her viceroy , however , may in exceptional circumstances invoke the reserve powers , which remain the Crown 's final check against a ministry 's abuse of power . </P>
<P> It is the governor general who is required by the Constitution Act , 1867 , to appoint for life persons to the Queen 's Privy Council for Canada , who are all theoretically tasked with tendering to the monarch and viceroy guidance on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative . Convention dictates , though , that the governor general must draw from the privy council an individual to act as prime minister -- in almost all cases the Member of Parliament who commands the confidence of the House of Commons . The prime minister then directs the governor general to appoint other members of parliament to a committee of the privy council known as the Cabinet , and it is in practice only from this group of ministers of the Crown that the Queen and governor general will take direction on the use of executive power ; an arrangement called the Queen - in - Council or , more specifically , the Governor - in - Council . In this capacity , the governor general will issue royal proclamations and sign orders in council . The Governor - in - Council is also specifically tasked by the Constitution Act , 1867 , to appoint in the Queen 's name the lieutenant governors of the provinces ( with the Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments and the premiers of the provinces concerned playing an advisory role ) , senators , the Speaker of the Senate , supreme court justices , and superior and county court judges in each province , except those of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick . The advice given by the Cabinet is , in order to ensure the stability of government , by political convention typically binding ; both the Queen and her viceroy , however , may in exceptional circumstances invoke the reserve powers , which remain the Crown 's final check against a ministry 's abuse of power . </P>
who has more power governor general or prime minister
who has more power governor general or prime minister
The prime minister
The prime minister