Elections
The geographic area represented by an MP.
(What is a riding?)
A proposed law is called this before it is passed.
What is a bill?
This document outlines the rules for how Canada is governed.
(What is the Constitution?)
This document is part of the Constitution and protects individual rights in Canada.
(What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?)
The name of the process where Canadians vote to choose their MPs.
What is a federal election?
The two parts of Parliament that must pass a bill.
The three branches of government.
(What are executive, legislative, and judicial?)
The year the Charter became law in Canada.
(What is 1982?)
The political group with the most elected MPs usually forms this.
What is the government?
This elected representative speaks for a riding in the House of Commons.
Who is a Member of Parliament?
The PM and cabinet are part of this branch.
What is the executive branch?
The Charter is part of this larger legal document.
(What is the Constitution Act?)
The Charter says a federal election must be held at least this often. (What is every five years?
What is every five years?
The Senate gives this type of thought before a bill becomes law.
(What is sober second thought?)
A group of people who share similar ideas about how government should work.
What is a political party?
The freedom to gather in public, such as for a protest.
(What is freedom of peaceful assembly?)
The right to run for political office is part of these rights.
(What are democratic rights?)
This legal principle means everyone is equal under the law.
(What is the rule of law?)
The Charter does not apply to actions of private citizens—only to this level.
What is government action?
Everyone is equal under the law regardless of race, gender, or religion—this is called what?
What are equality rights?