Diversity and Pluralism
Democracy and Governance
Laws and Regulations
Platforms and Policies
Political Parties and Constituencies
100
A belief in mutual acceptance and respect of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, and social groups in society.
What is pluralism?
100
The condition of receiving rights, duties, and responsibilities as a member of a state or nation.
What is citizenship?
100
Laws passed by local governments. Example: Town of Grand Rapids.
What are bylaws?
100
A political party platform consists of many of these.
What are policies?
100
The Honourable Ron Kostyshyn's political party.
What is the NDP (New Democratic Party)?
200
A government system that denied rights to non-white citizens.
What is apartheid?
200
A human activity in which one individual or group opposed to another mobilizes support to obtain power to govern.
What is politics?
200
A Manitoba law that guarantees certain rights and protections for young and old alike.
What is Manitoba Human Rights Code.
200
Groups of people that tries to influence policy makers.
What are interest groups?
200
The federal constituency which the Town of Grand Rapids is in.
What is Churchill?
300
The central law of a country.
What is a constitution?
300
The ability of a group or individual to get what it wants.
What is power?
300
The branch of law that deals with acts or offenses against society that have been classified as crimes.
What is criminal law?
300
Do what is best for the most people, protect the weakest in society, provide fairness and equity, and create a cleaner, healthier community.
What are some criteria to create good policies?
300
Nikki Ashton's political party.
What is the NDP?
400
Type of geography of an area which can be broken into landforms, soils, surface water, climate, and vegetation.
What is physical?
400
Organizations of people who share similar political beliefs and who work to have their candidates win votes during elections.
What are political parties?
400
A 2003 act that reflects the idea that young people are still maturing and do not yet possess the judgment of adults.
What is the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
400
A direct vote on an issue or policy.
What is a referendum?
400
The provincial constituency which the Town of Grand Rapids finds itself in.
What is Swan River?
500
Something to which a person is morally or legally entitled to.
What is right?
500
At Confederation in 1867, Canada's constitution created two levels of government, federal and provincial.
What is federalism.
500
The concept of left-right political spectrum dates back to this 1789 revolution in Europe.
What is the French Revolution.
500
It's another name for pressure groups or lobby groups.
What are interest groups?
500
The name of the Prime Minister of Canada and his political party.
What is Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada.
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