The Parliament of Canada consists of a regent.
Parliament of Canada . By constitutional convention , the House of Commons is the dominant branch of parliament , the Senate and Crown rarely opposing its will . The Senate reviews legislation from a less partisan standpoint and the monarch or viceroy provides the necessary Royal Assent to make bills into law . Regent . Philippe II , Duke of Orléans was Regent of France from the death of Louis XIV in 1715 until Louis XV came of age in 1723 ; this is also used as a period label for many aspects of French history , as `` Régence '' in French , again tending to cover a rather wider period than the actual regency .