Provinces and territories of Canada Parliament or MPPs. The legislative assemblies use a procedure similar to that of the House of Commons of Canada. The head of government of each province, called the premier, is generally the head of the party with the most seats. This is also the case in Yukon, but the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have no political parties at the territorial level. The Queen's representative to each province is the Lieutenant Governor. In each of the territories there is an analogous Commissioner, but he or she represents the federal government rather than the monarch. Most provinces have rough provincial counterparts to
Liberalism in Canada the Yukon territory has its own Liberal Party. However those in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec are no longer affiliated with the federal party. The British Columbia Liberal Party and Saskatchewan Liberal Party however are not in fact a small "l" liberal parties, but are officially a centre-right provincial conservative parties (though many describe the party's voting base as a "coalition of federal Conservatives and Liberals"). Under their system of consensus government, political parties are not recognized in the territories of Nunavut and Northwest Territories. However, there are plans to reestablish a Northwest Territories Liberal Party in