Before
It’s the level of government we will elect next week.
What is federal?
It’s the piece of paper we get to mark our choice in an election.
What is a ballot?
It’s the name of the party that won the most seats so we elected to form government in the last election.
What is The Liberal Party?
There are 338 of these in Canada’s House of Commons.
What are seats?
It’s what we call a group of people who share similar ideas about government and work together to get elected.
What is a political party?
It’s a short saying that members of a party say over and over, hoping we’ll remember it.
What is a campaign slogan?
It’s all the actions together that a candidate tries in order to get elected.
What is a campaign?
It’s the name of the party that got the most VOTES across Canada in the last election.
What is the Conservative Party of Canada?
This type of government needs votes from other parties to help them pass new laws.
What is a minority government?
It’s a person who is trying to get elected.
What is a candidate?
It’s all the promises and commitments that a political party announces before an election.
What is a party platform?
It’s the place people go to cast their votes.
What is a polling station or voting station?
It’s where our elected leaders meet to govern Canada.
What is the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa?
It’s the party that earned the second most seats in the House of Commons.
Who are the Official Opposition?
It’s the name of an area that has a number of citizens similar to other areas and where all citizens see the same candidates on an election ballot.
What is a riding or electoral district?
This is a big topic in the election because it impacts jobs and health care.
What is pandemic / Covid recovery?
These major parties were invited to the Leaders' debate.
Who are: The Liberal Party, The Conservative Party of Canada, The New Democratic Party, The Green Party and the Bloc Quebecois.
Trudeau made history in 2019 for this Cabinet decision.
What is choosing a gender balanced Cabinet?
It’s the total number of votes that a party gets across the whole country.
What is the popular vote?
It’s the goal of having ridings that are about equal in number of people.
What is representation by population?
It’s the word for a person who was elected in the last election and is trying to get elected again.
What is an incumbent?
These are the names of any 3 leaders who campaigned in this federal election?
Who are: Erin O'Toole, Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh, Anamie Paul, Yves-Francois Blanchet or Maxime Bernier (PPC).
It’s the title of a Member of Parliament chosen to look after a department or portfolio for the government.
What is Cabinet Minister?
It’s the name of our current system of counting up the votes and choosing our leaders.
What is "first past the post"?
It’s the official name for when a leader sets the date for the next election.
What is 'drop the writ'?