"We are taught to trust our elected officials but we will throw the rascals out on election day if they are proved to be wrong. Is it not the same in Canada?"

I beleive the goal in Canada is to teach people to think, then decide whether or not to trust elected officials.

There is no fixed election federally or in most provinces, which has good and bad points, however the Prime Minister is not nearly as powerful as the President, in relative terms. Members of Parliament are elected from across the country and the Prime Minister is the person who was chosen (before the general election) as leader by the party who gets the most Members of Parliament elected. We don't vote for Prime Minister. This means (in theory, anyway) that if enough constituents make an impression on their locally elected MPs, they can vote in Parliament against an issue that has been put forward by the Government. The Prime Minister cannot do anything without approval from the House of Commons (the body of elected Members of Parliament).

My point was that elected officials are human, they can make mistakes, and they have to be held accountable. If the mistake is big enough, the people should be able to influence how long the officials are in power, not necessarliy having to wait until the next election.

Government by the people.