Editing Prime Minister of Canada (section)

==Origin of the office==
The position of prime minister is not outlined in any Canadian constitutional document and is mentioned only in a few sections of the ''[[Constitution Act, 1982]]'',<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/index.asp?lang=eng&page=canada&sub=constitution&doc=constitution-eng.htm| url-status=dead| author=Privy Council Office| author-link=Privy Council Office (Canada)| title=Intergovernmental Affairs > About Canada > The Canadian Constitution| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| accessdate=June 7, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227162006/http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/index.asp?lang=eng&page=canada&sub=constitution&doc=constitution-eng.htm| archive-date=February 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-13.html#h-53|title=Consolidated federal laws of canada, THE CONSTITUTION ACTS, 1867 to 1982|first=Legislative Services|last=Branch|date=August 7, 2020|website=laws-lois.justice.gc.ca}}</ref> and in the ''[[Letters Patent, 1947]]'' issued by King [[George VI]].<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/LettersPatent.html| author=George VI| author-link=George VI| title=Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada| chapter=I| date=October 1, 1947| publisher=King's Printer for Canada| location=Ottawa| accessdate=May 29, 2009}}</ref> The office and its functions are instead governed by constitutional conventions and modelled on the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|same office in the United Kingdom]].