Describe how the government of the Dominion of Canada is set up, and identify what changed in 1982.

The government of Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, meaning it's government is set up in a parliamentary style with a Prime Minister and the Queen of the United Kingdom is the head of the State. In 1982, the Canada Act was passed which ended the necessity for the country to request certain types of amendments to the Constitution to be completed solely through the permission of the British government.