Levels of Government
This level of government is responsible for things like national defense, immigration, and the RCMP.
What is the federal government?
The branch of government that makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This person is the head of Canada’s government.
Who is the Prime Minister?
A proposed law is called this before it becomes a law.
What is a bill?
Canadians vote in these regular events to choose their Members of Parliament.
What are federal elections?
This level of government runs local services like garbage collection, libraries, and community centers.
The branch of government that enforces and carries out the laws.
What is the executive branch?
These elected representatives sit in the House of Commons.
Who are Members of Parliament?
This group reviews, debates, and votes on bills after the House of Commons.
What is the Senate?
This is the voting system Canada uses: whoever gets the most votes in a riding wins.
What is first-past-the-post?
This level of government handles health care, education, and natural resources.
What is the provincial government?
The branch of government that interprets the laws and decides if they follow the Constitution.
What is the judicial branch?
The Prime Minister chooses these people to help run ministries like health, environment, and finance.
Who is the Cabinet?
For a bill to become law, it must be approved by these three bodies.
What are the House of Commons, Senate, and Governor General (Royal Assent)?
To vote in a federal election, you must be this age.
What is 18?
This is what we call the area or section a Member of Parliament represents.
What is a riding/constituency?
This building in Ottawa is where the legislative branch meets.
What is Parliament Hill/the House of Commons?
This person represents the King in Canada at the federal level.
Who is the Governor General?
This person gives "Royal Assent" to approve new laws through the Governor General.
Who is King Charles/the monarch?
The political party with the most elected MPs usually forms this.
What is the government?
A province wants to make a new law about renewable energy, but it affects rivers that flow through multiple provinces. Which two levels of government would this involve?
What are federal and provincial government?
These two parts make up Canada’s legislative branch.
This person must remain neutral, moderate debates, and is responsible for enforcing the rules of the House of Commons. (They also sit in the big chair in the middle of the aisle!)
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The Speaker of the House does this important job during debates.
What is maintain order, moderate, and enforce rules?
If no party wins a majority, the leading party forms this type of government.
What is a minority government?