Canada

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Canadas Government

• Chapter 1 Review

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• When did Canada become a country?
• (Specific Date)

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• July 1, 1867

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• Name of Canadas original Constitution.

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• British North America (BNA) Act

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• Which 4 colonies joined together to make
• Canada a reality?

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• Ontario
• Quebec
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick

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• 1931 - This act established legislative equality
  for self-governing dominions of the British
  Empire

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• Statute of Westminster

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• 1982 - This act ended all remaining dependence of
  Canada on Britain

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• Canada Act

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• A special set of laws that establish a
• framework of governance.

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• Constitution

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• Why do we need government?

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• To create order in society.

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• What are the 3 levels of government in
• Canada?

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• Federal
• Provincial
• Municipal

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• What are the 3 branches of government in Canada?

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1. Executive (PM Cabinet) - proposes most laws,
   puts laws into action, runs the day-to-day
   business of government
2. Legislative (House of Commons, Senate, Governor
   General) - makes laws, represents the interests
   and rights of Canadas regions
3. Judicial (Supreme Court, provincial/territorial
   courts) - applies and interprets laws

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• Head of Canadas government. The leader
• of the political party with the most members
• elected to the House of Commons.

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• Prime Minister

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• The person who represents the Crown in
• Canada.

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Governor General
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• Who are the members of the House
• of Commons?

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• MPs - Members of Parliament
• Voters elect them.

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• Someone who lives in a riding and is
• represented by an elected official from that
• riding.

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• Constituent

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• Representation in the House of Commons is
• by what?

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• Population

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• 45 minutes per day set aside to allow the
• opposition to ask questions of the
• government

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• Question Period

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• When a political party wins the most seats
• (more than 50) in the House of Commons.
• It always forms the government.

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• Majority Government

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• When a political party wins more seats than
• any other party in the House of Commons,
• but not more than 50.

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• Minority Government

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• The total support political parties win
• during an election, regardless of
• whether they win ridings.

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• Popular Vote

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• The unelected part of the government. They are
  chosen by the governor general on the advice of
  the PM.

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• Senate

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1. Number of seats in the Senate?
2. Number of seats in the House of Commons? (number
   of ridings in Canada)

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1. 105
2. 308

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• This group of people is responsible for
• different government
• departments/portfolios such as education,
• health, environment

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• Cabinet

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• The highest court in Canada?

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• Supreme Court

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• The people who serve Canadians as
• employees of government

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• Civil Service

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• This act protects members of the civil service
• against job loss as a result of them blowing
• the whistle on any wrongdoing

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• Federal Accountability Act

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• Whose job is it to monitor government
• spending for parliament and the people of
• Canada?

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• Auditor General

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• The usual basic path of law making in
• Canada is?

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• House of Commons - Senate - Royal
• Assent
• (First Reading, Second Reading, Committee Stage,
  Report Stage,
• Third Reading)

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• What is it called when the governor general
• signs a bill making it law?

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• Royal Assent

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• The process of becoming part of a
• different cultural group (not your own)

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• Assimilation

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• A type of thinking rooted in a persons
• point of view. An opinion based on
• unchallenged assumptions.

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• Bias

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• Includes newspapers, magazines, film,
• radio, television, the internet, etc

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• Media - this influences our personal
  understanding of the world and how it works.

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• A group of people who have similar ideas
• about how government should respond to
• issues facing society.

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• Political Party

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• This party believes is less government
• involvement, lower taxes and greater
• individual initiative and responsibility.
• Support from across the country, but
• esp. strong in Western Canada

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• Conservative Party of Canada
• (Stephen Harper)

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• Center party that believes government
• needs to be involved in the economy.
• Support from across the country but
• strongest in Quebec and Ontario.

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• Liberal Party
• (Justin Trudeau)

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• This party supports significant government
• intervention in the economy. Main support
• comes from Western Canadian farmers,
• union employees and some civil servants.

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• New Democratic Party
• (Thomas Mulcair)

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• This party believes in protecting the
• environment and sustainable development.

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• Green Party
• (Elizabeth May)

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• This party believes that the people of
• Quebec would be best served by forming
• their own country of Canada.

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• Bloc Quebecois
• (Daniel Paille)

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• A person hired by a group to influence MPs
• and government officials

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• Lobbyist

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• Current Governor General of Canada

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• David Johnston

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• Current MLA of Morinvilles riding

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• Maureen Kubinec

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• Current Premier of Alberta

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• Alison Redford

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• Current Lieutenant Governor of Alberta

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• Donald Ethell

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• Current Prime Minister of Canada

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• Stephen Harper