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OCR: Our form government is democratic. Democracy means "rule by the people, and is a form of gov ernment that has its roots in ancient Greece and Rome In represent tative democracy all laws and tax decisions are approved by the people themselves, through representat tion in an elected legislative body The members of the elect ted body are resp onsible to their voters for their actions Government in Manitoba IS exercised by three distinct but interdependent branches each with its own function of authority: 1 the legislative function: 2) the executive function; 3the judicial function Tule resentative funation