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Crown

The formal exercise of power by government in Canada is carried out by the governor general and provincial lieutenant governors in the name of the Crown.  The Crown is symbolic head of state of the Canadian federation and its provincial components, and reflects the fact that Canada is a monarchy under Queen Elizabeth II.
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