Government Responsibilities
The level of government that can make laws with currency
What is Federal Government?
The definition of a civic issue
What is an issue or event that positively or negatively affects a group of citizens?
The number of years between provincial elections
What is 4 years?
The age to vote in a Canadian federal election
What is 18 years old?
The name of the law-making body in Canada´s Parliament
What is the House of Commons?
The level of government that can make laws dealing with hospitals and asylums
What is Provincial Government?
What universal healthcare means
What is everyone have access to free healthcare?
The number of seats in the House of Commons
What is 338 seats?
The two official languages of Canada
What is English and French?
The definition of an act
What is a written law passed by parliament?
The government non-specifically listed areas are given to
What is Federal government?
What the Canadian Human Rights Act protects people from
What is discrimination (based on race, gender, religion, and disability)?
The minimum number of seats needed to win majority
What is 63 seats?
The term for someone who´s not a Canadian citizen but lives in Canada
What is a permanent resident?
The name of the stage where MPs or Senators debate a bill
What is the second reading?
The areas of agriculture Federal and Provincial governments share power in
What is immigration and natural resources?
What immigrant rights are
What is newcomers being treated equally and fairly?
The minimum number of days for an election campaign
What is 36 days?
The name of Canada´s national police force
What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)?
The last step of a bill becoming a law
What is royal assent and proclamation?
The role of Legislative
What is the power to make and change laws?
What electoral reform is
What is changing voting systems to make elections fair?
The definition of federalism
What is the division of power between the Federal, provincial, and municipal levels of government?
The three main documents we are protected by
What is The Constitution of Canada, The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Ontario Human Rights Code?
The definition of a private member bill
What is bills introduced by individual MPs´s?