Federal Government
The leader of the country, most recently Mark Carney was elected to this position.
Who is the Prime Minister of Canada?
The leader of BC, currently David Eby in BC and Dannielle Smith in AB.
Who or what is the Premier?
Where the Mayor goes to work.
What is the Town Hall?
July 20th 1871.
When did BC join Canada?
Sir John A. MacDonald
Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
This position is currently held by Mary Simon and is the King's representative in Canada.
What is or Who is the Governor General?
Examples include health care and hospitals, roads and highway maintenance, and education.
What are the responsibilities of the provincial government?
The responsibilities of the Municipal Government.
(at least 3 of the 6)
What are Parks and Recreation, Garbage and Waste Removal, Fire Protection, Sewage and Drainage, Public Transit, Roads and Sidewalks.
Responsible government, help with debt, a wagon road to the rest of Canada.
What did BC ask for when joining Canada?
You could travel on horseback, canoe, and on foot, or take a sailing ship around Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America, and back up to the East Coast.
How did people get to BC from the rest of Canada before the railway was built?
A group of people appointed by the Governor General from each province and territory to propose, review and pass bills into law.
What is the Senate?
The people who choose the MLAs (Members of the Legislative assembly) in each province or territory?
Who are the voters? or Who are all Canadians over 18 who are eligible to vote and exercise their rights on voting day.
The best way to contact your Mayor?
What is using the city webpage to find the Mayor's Office email address and /or phone number?
Gradual introduction to responsible government, Canada took on all of BC's debt, Canada built a railway connecting BC to the rest of the country.
What did BC get when it joined Canada?
The appointed officials all got their pensions and some chose to run for election in the new BC government.
What happened to the leaders of BC as a british colony?
A group of people, usually Members of Parliament, but sometimes from the Senate, appointed by the Prime Minister to run government departments.
What is the Cabinet?
The NDP.
Which party is the premier the leader of? or Which party is leading BC?
The office you call when your garbage isn't picked up for several weeks.
What is the Mayor's office?
BC was in an economic slump, (the gold rush was over and there wasn't much happening to bring in money), they had huge debt from building a road during the gold rush and there was some talk about joining the United States and Canada promised a railroad.
Why did BC join the Canadian Confederation?
Asian and Indigenous men would have different priorities and interests and women simply didn't have the mental capacity to be concerned with politics.
Why were some people not allowed to vote?
People elected from each province and teritory in a Federal election. Their role is to propose, review, and pass bills into law.
What are the Members of Parliament or Who makes up the House of Commons?
premier@gov.bc.ca
What is the email for the premier's office in BC?
There are potholes on all the main roads connecting several rural communities and you have reported the growing potholes many times to the municipality. They have not fixed the road and you got a flat tire from a pothole. You email which office your bill for replacing you tire with a photo showing the pothole and your busted tire.
What is the Highway Maintenance office for the Province.
Many appointed officials were worried they would lose their jobs, their income, and their pensions.
Why did some people want to stay as a British colony?
In 1916 white women received the right to vote. But Chinese Canadians and South Asian Canadians, had to wait 31 years longer to vote and Indigenous and Japanese Canadians waited an additional 2 years after that.
Who got the right to vote in 1947 and 1949?