Positions of Power
As leader of Canada, this is the highest government position in the country.
What is Prime Minister?
The people who legally belong to a country and are entitled to rights and responsibilities therein.
Who are citizens?
Elections are held for these three levels of government.
What are federal, provincial, and municipal?
He is the current leader of the Liberal Party and the Prime Minister of Canada.
Who is Justin Trudeau?
This party is concerned with mainly environmental issues.
What is the Green Party?
Each province has a leader in this position to deal with provincial issues.
What is premier?
This is the legal age of majority in Canada.
What is 18 years of age?
A candidate becomes the winning elect by having the majority of these?
What are votes?
He is a citizen of Winnipeg and the head of Manitoba's provincial government.
Who is Brian Pallister?
This party has more traditional values and ideals and is the Official Party of the Opposition.
What is the Progressive Conservative Party?
A municipal government has a leader in this position.
What is mayor?
This right in choosing leaders at all levels of government is given to legal citizens of a democratic country if they are 18 y/o or older.
What is the right to vote?
This is a geographical region or area that has been determined for democratic representation.
What is a riding?
He is the mayor of the Winnipeg municipal government.
Who is Brian Bowman?
This party goes by N.D.P. for short.
What is the New Democratic Party?
This person is the head of our Constitutional Monarchy.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
These are held every 4 years now at every level of government.
What are elections?
This is the method by which seats are allocated in the House of Commons in such a way as to vary with population. More densely populated provinces will have more leaders represent them within the government.
What is representation by population?
The current leader of the Progressive Conservatives and the official Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons.
Who is Erin O'Toole?
This party is popular in only one province and believes in separatism of Quebec from the rest of Canada.
What is Bloc Quebecois?
This position is appointed upon recommendation of the Prime Minister to represent the Queen.
What is the Governor General?
You must be a legal citizen in Canada to do this in politics.
What is run for office?
This is where a person is given a position rather than voted in by its citizens.
What is being appointed?
This is the current type of government in Canada due to the elected party having less than half the number of seats in the House of Commons.
What is a minority government?
This appointed group is meant to finalize laws and keep their seats until they turn 75.
What is the Senate?