Government at the provincial level consists of the
Premier
and cabinet
ministers. Like their federal counterparts, the Premier and
ministers are almost always from the same political party, the one with the most
elected members in the Legislative Assembly.
The Premier, cabinet ministers, and all other elected
members together make up the Legislative Assembly and are called Members of the
Legislative Assembly or MLAs, while the Legislature is the Legislative Assembly
together with the Lieutenant
Governor. The provinces' areas of
responsibility, defined in the Constitution Act, 1867, include health, child
welfare, municipal government, highways, labour, property and civil rights, and
education.
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