Canadian Government
This is the head of the federal government in Canada.
Who is the Prime Minister?
This term describes when citizens vote to choose their leaders or representatives.
What are elections?
This 1876 law governs the way many First Nations are managed today.
What is the Indian Act?
This individual is the head of the municipal government in Clarington.
Who is the Mayor?
This person serves as Ontario’s current Premier.
Who is Doug Ford?
This is the elected legislative body responsible for passing laws at the federal level.
What is the House of Commons?
The percentage of eligible voters who actually vote in an election is called this.
What is voter turnout?
This term refers to agreements made between European colonizers and Indigenous nations for trade and alliances.
What are treaties?
This regional government includes Clarington.
What is Durham Region?
This person is currently the Prime Minister of Canada.
Who is Justin Trudeau?
This individual represents the monarch in Canada and performs ceremonial duties.
Who is the Governor General?
This happens when Parliament members vote to show they no longer support the government’s leadership.
What is a non-confidence motion?
This 1984 act applies to the governance of the Cree and Naskapi nations.
What is the Cree-Naskapi Act?
Municipal elections in Ontario are held every how many years?
What is every 4 years?
The person who acts as the sovereign head of Canada is currently this individual.
Who is King Charles III?
This individual is charged with carrying the Mace and for the security of the legislative chamber.
Who is the Sergeant-at-Arms?
This is the title of a representative elected to the federal Parliament but not part of the Cabinet.
What is a backbencher?
This section of The Constitution Act of 1982 affirms Aboriginal and treaty rights.
What is Section 35?
This level of government manages road repair, recreation centers, and local parks.
What is municipal government?
This person is the current M.P.P. for Durham and Minister of Government Services?
Who is Todd McCarthy?
This legislative building is where the Ontario Legislature meets.
What is Queen's Park?
This form of government in Canada involves both a monarch and a constitutionally organized government.
What is constitutional monarchy?
The Wet’suwet’en are known for this type of governance system.
What is hereditary chiefs?
This type of government consists of both regional and lower-tier municipalities.
What is two-tier government?
This person is currently the councilor for Ward 1 in the Municipality of Clarington.
Who is Sami Elhajjeh?