Civics 101
This term defines the study of the rights, duties, and responsibilities of citizenship and how government functions.
What is Civics?
This is the key difference between a "subject" and a "citizen" regarding political power.
What are Federal, Provincial/Territorial, and Municipal?
This person is the representative of the British Monarch in Canada at the federal level.
Who is the Governor General?
This is the name of the voting system used in Canada where the candidate with the most votes in a riding wins.
What is the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP)?
On a linear political spectrum, parties on this side typically embrace social equality, bigger government, and more public services.
What is the Left-wing?
This historic 1215 document established the core principle of the "Rule of Law"—that no one is above the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
This level of government holds constitutional jurisdiction over international airports and postal services.
What is the Federal government?
This is how the Prime Minister of Canada is officially chose.
What is being the leader of the political party that wins the most seats in the House of Commons?
This term describes a voting district represented by one Member of Parliament (there are 343 of these in Canada).
What is a riding (or constituency)?
This political ideology values traditional social structures, free-market capitalism, personal responsibility, and lower taxes.
What is Conservatism?
This decision-making style requires all group members to discuss and collaborate until everyone reaches a mutual agreement.
What is a consensus decision-making style?
This branch of government is responsible for debating, amending, and passing laws in Parliament.
What is the Legislative branch?
This is the primary function of the Senate, often referred to as the chamber of "sober second thought.
What is reviewing, debating, and suggesting amendments to bills passed by the House of Commons from a regional/long-term perspective?
This type of government occurs when the winning party holds the most seats, but fewer than half of the total seats in Parliament.
What is a Minority Government?
This term describes a political ideology characterized by total state control, strict national unity, and suppression of political opposition.
What is Fascism (or Authoritarianism)?
This is the key difference between a "subject" and a "citizen" regarding political power.
What is that a citizen holds legal rights and active political power (to vote/participate), while a subject owes loyalty without inherent political power?
This branch of government is responsible for interpreting and applying laws through courts neutrally.
What is the Judicial branch?
This parliamentary officer is responsible for maintaining party discipline and ensuring MPs attend votes.
Who is the Party Whip?
This special election is held in a single riding to fill an empty seat between general elections.
What is a By-election?
This political perspective term explains how a person's background, environment, and values shape their views on civic issues.
What is a political perspective?
Refusing to purchase goods or services from a company to force political or corporate change is known by this term.
What is a boycott?
This level of government holds jurisdiction over local public libraries, municipal parks, and street lighting.
What is the Municipal government?
This is the unique condition under which the Speaker of the House of Commons is permitted to cast a vote.
What is only in the event of a tie vote?
Under Canadian electoral law, this is the minimum amount of consecutive time off work employers must give employees to vote on Election Day.
What is 3 consecutive hours?
This political ideology demands maximum individual freedom and minimal government rules in both personal choices and economic markets.
What is Libertarianism?