Prime Minister of the United Kingdom office and should be addressed by the official title prefixed by "The Right Honourable" and not by a personal name. Although this form of address is employed on formal occasions, it is rarely used by the media. As "Prime Minister" is a position, not a title, the incumbent should be referred to as "the Prime Minister". The title "Prime Minister" (e.g. "Prime Minister James Smith") is technically incorrect but is sometimes used erroneously outside the United Kingdom, and has more recently become acceptable within it. Within the UK, the expression "Prime Minister Smith" is never used, although it, too, is
Prime Minister of Canada with the augmentation. Canada continues the Westminster tradition of using the title "Prime Minister" when one is speaking to the federal head of government directly; this is in contrast to the United States protocol of addressing the federal head of government as "mister" (as in, "Mister President"); the Department of Canadian Heritage advises that it is incorrect to use the term "Mr Prime Minister". The written form of address for the prime minister should use his or her full parliamentary title: "The Right Honourable [name], <nowiki>[</nowiki>post-nominal letters<nowiki>]</nowiki>, Prime Minister of Canada". However, while in the House of Commons during Question